A 600-metre lengthy bridge in southeastern Taiwan turned into absolutely wrecked after a 6.nine value earthquake struck the self-dominated island on Sunday.
Drone photos confirmed the Gaolio bridge withinside the jap Hualien county mendacity in pieces, as sections broke aside and crumbled because of the sturdy tremors.
Drone footage of the collapse of the Gaoliao Bridge in Hualien County helps to show the scale of destruction after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, damaging buildings and triggering tsunami warnings https://t.co/v8nUayI7OA pic.twitter.com/mrdWTkmeit
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WATCH: Massive earthquake on Sunday caused the collapse of Bridge in Hualien in Taiwan@GeneralMCNews pic.twitter.com/8LtKCrzPdG
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One character turned into killed and round 146 others wounded while the quake, measuring 6.nine at the Richter scale, jolted the Chishang township place withinside the moderately populated southeastern a part of Taiwan on Sunday.
The effective quake toppled homes and derailed educate carriages withinside the rural belt. A tsunami caution turned into additionally issued, aleven though it turned into later withdrawn.
The quake will be felt throughout Taiwan, the country’s climate bureau said. Buildings shook in brief in capital Taipei, and aftershocks have endured to jolt the island.