
Taiwan: Thousands without power and ‘people trapped in buildings’ after strong earthquake
Wednesday morning’s quake was magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4 and Japan’s meteorological agency put it at 7.7. The earthquake led to a small tsunami in some coastal areas of Japan, but warnings were later lifted. Four people have died and at least 57 have been…