According to the US Geological Survey, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday, producing landslides, collapsed home ceilings, and injured 27 people.
The shallow earthquake occurred just after midnight, and an AFP correspondent in Taipei’s capital experienced sensations for about a minute.
According to the USGS, the epicentre was located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) north of Yujing, a district in southern Taiwan that grows mangoes.
Three people, including a kid, were rescued by firefighters from a fallen house in the neighboring Nanxi area, according to Facebook footage that AFP confirmed.
Authorities reported that two individuals were rescued from elevators and that another person was hurt by falling debris.
Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said that the original earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 and that more than 50 aftershocks had been registered.
According to the National Fire Agency, landslides and fallen rocks obstructed roadways, and the ceilings of multiple homes collapsed.
However, the agency stated that there was “no major damage” from the earthquake, which the health ministry said injured 27 people.
The aftermath saw classes and office work cancelled in Nanxi district as well as Dapu Township in mountainous Chiayi County, north of the epicentre.
Some roads in Dapu were “damaged and impassable,” and water and electricity supplies were affected, Chiayi County chief Weng Chang-liang said.
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC said it evacuated workers from some of its central and southern factories when the quake struck.
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