Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake since 1999

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Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said four people had died and 711 others were injured by the quake. Another 77 people remained trapped some six hours after the quake, the agency said. In Hualien, one of two buildings that tilted due to the quake was fully evacuated without casualties. In another multistorey building, rescue workers were still confirming how many people remained trapped in apartments, the local government said.Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found here.
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New Taipei City, the municipality surrounding the capital, suspended school and work for the day. Taiwan is one of the world’s most important centres of semiconductor production. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, evacuated personnel from some of its plants.

Four people have been killed and hundreds injured in Taiwan after the island’s strongest earthquake in almost 25 years damaged buildings, halted rail traffic and forced the evacuation of semiconductor manufacturing plants. The quake — which had a magnitude of 7.2 according to Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency and 7.4 according to the US Geological Survey — struck at 7.58am on Wednesday off the east coast, 25km south of Hualien, a city of about 100,000 people.