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Breaking: Taiwan rocked by ‘monstrous’ 6.2 strong earthquake

By Ron Howells • Published: 24 Oct 2021 • 8:29

Taiwan has been rocked by a ‘monstrous’ 6.2 strong earthquake this morning.

Taiwan has been rocked by a strong earthquake this Sunday, October 24, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). First reports suggest that it was the eastern part of the island that was shaken with a powerful ‘6.2 on the Richter scale’ magnitude earthquake. The epicentre was close to the capital, Taipei.

The quake was detected at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), said EMSC.

Taiwan earthquake
The blue star is Yilan, northeastern Taiwan, where the quake struck.

Twitter users in the east of the country posted frightening accounts, one said:

“The wall of my balcony collapsed! This time it was quite long and quite powerful,” tweeted one resident of Taiwan.

            “What the Taiwan earthquake did to my local 7-Eleven in Taipei.” said a resident of the city.

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Ron actually started his working career as an Ophthalmic Technician- things changed when, during a band rehearsal, his amplifier blew up and he couldn’t get it fixed so he took a course at Birmingham University and ended up doing a degree course. He built up a chain of electronics stores and sold them as a franchise over 35 years ago. After five years touring the world Ron decided to move to Spain with his wife and son, a place they had visited over the years, and only bought the villa they live in because it has a guitar-shaped swimming pool!. Playing the guitar since the age of 7, he can often be seen, (and heard!) at beach bars and clubs along the length of the coast. He has always been interested in the news and constantly thrives to present his articles in an interesting and engaging way.

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