Earthquake injures 17, causes damage

NO CASUALTIES: A building on Changan E Road in Taipei shifted, leading to the evacuation of 30 people, but was declared safe after an inspection yesterday

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 19, 2019
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Hualien at 1:01pm yesterday, injuring at least 17

Spilled asphalt is pictured on Songren Road in Taipei yesterday. Media originally reported that the image showed cracks caused by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake, but firefighters later confirmed it was only a darker shade of asphalt.Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters

people and tilting some buildings.

The Central Weather Bureau said that it does not exclude the possibility that there would be aftershocks of magnitude 5 or larger in the next seven days.

The Executive Yuan at 1:10pm opened the Central Emergency Operation Center following an order from Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).

As of 4:30pm, 17 injuries had been reported: 15 people in Taipei and New Taipei City were struck by falling objects and broken glass, while two tourists in Hualien County were hit by falling rocks, the center said.

One of the tourists, a 40-year-old Malaysian man, had no vital signs when he was sent to a hospital in Hualien, but doctors were able to resuscitate him, it said.
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