Full reports of damage were not immediately available after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan April 3, but its National Fire Agency reported 28 buildings collapsed, most in Hualien County—the area closest to the quake epicenter, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 1,000. Most of the deaths resulted from landslides, which trapped 152 people in tunnels and in mountainous areas, the agency said.
It was the most severe quake felt in Taiwan in nearly 25 years.
