By AFP 19 September 2022 | 10:58 am Aftershocks struck southeastern Taiwan on Monday, including a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that was felt in the capital Taipei, a day after a more powerful tremor killed one person and injured around 150 others. A rescuer walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake at Yuli Township in Hualien county, eastern Taiwan on September 18, 2022. – A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on September 18, bringing at least three buildings down in a small town and tearing up roads — but forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) Aftershocks struck southeastern Taiwan on Monday, including a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that was felt in the capital Taipei, a day after a more powerful tremor killed one person and injured around 150 others. The latest quake hit around 10 am (0200 GMT), 66 kilometres (41 miles) south-southwest of the coastal city of Hualien at a depth of 13 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. Taiwan’s central weather bureau put the magnitude at 5.9. Rural and sparsely populated southeastern Taiwan has been rattled by a series of jolts since Saturday. The most powerful, a 6.9-magnitude quake, struck on Sunday afternoon, tearing up roads and bringing down a handful of houses in the town of Yuli where at least one person was killed. Four others were rescued from a collapsed building, while authorities said a total of 146 suffered injuries. Taiwan is regularly hit by quakes and most cause minimal damage but the island also has a long history of deadly disasters. Hualien, a tourist hotspot, was struck by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in 2018 that killed 17 people and injured nearly 300. In September 1999, a 7.6-magnitude quake killed around 2,400 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island’s history. Latest 6 mins ago Avocado which is often used as a beauty treatment is more than just that. According to a recent study seems to support claims that daily consumption of avocado could reduce high cholesterol in persons. The research’s author, Professor Penny Kris-Etherton of Penn State University, claims eating one avocado every day for six months caused harmful… 6 mins ago Travellers are currently at the receiving end as the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) barricades roads leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The protest is in continuation of their demands to end of the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The action of the students who… 10 mins ago Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomole, has said Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election lacks the capacity to fix insecurity in Nigeria. Oshiomole, former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made this claim on Sunday while speaking at the party youth summit in Abuja. Obi,… 14 mins ago The laying to rest of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign witnessed the aftermath of World War II, the Cold War, and dizzying technological change, marks a further step in a leave-taking with the 20th century. 24 mins ago In a bid to increase awareness of waste challenges and solutions, the Oyo State Solid Waste Management Consultant, Mottainai Recycling Ltd., says it is working on setting up mini recycling hubs across the state.
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