Building collapses on busy street as powerful quake hits Taiwan

CCTV footage shows a multi-storey building collapsing on a busy street in Hualien, as Taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. The quake, given a magnitude of 7.2 by Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency and 7.4 by the US, struck close to the popular tourist city of Hualien, on Taiwan’s eastern coast, damaging buildings and trapping people amid aftershocks from the quake, which started at 7.58am.
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[@ilaripori6148]

The infrastructure is amazing. Compared to middle eastern pancaking, these buildings stay relatively well intact even when they fall sideways. Thats is million times better than pancaking.

[@darth.severu5]

It costs more money to clean up, and the insurance won't like this at all.

[@glanerao1356]

Pray for Taiwan 🙏

[@yuzuki7531]

AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JAPAN 🎌🥇AND THE REST OF THE WORLD 🗾✨

[@anderstermansen130]

Remember thoughts😂

[@chilling_at_pontiff]

Unless it was a baby or a kid she was grabbing that lady should have dipped instead of go back in that car

[@HardcorePanda]

must record.

[@BajagaCibona]

To me it looks like she's just putting her sweater on the seat, and then she turns back😮

[@ivantem86]

And she was blocking the way with door opened.

[@Bharat_the_earth_owner]

Praying for Taiwanese people from India 🇮🇳😢

[@saivi27]

Thank you🙌🙌🙌

[@vincentlu3021]

Thank you for your concern.

[@andreabilic8144]

Are you seeing what im seeing? So, the building in front starts to collapse, and the lady in the car is not running for safety, but instead is searching for something in the car.

[@TrippyZeke]

She lost her vape

[@ivantem86]

Drugs? Something more important than her life.

[@catalinacurio]

It might be a baby in a car seat, look at the blanket she’s holding.

[@Radioclash971]

The phone!......you need to tell your family that you are ok!You need to know that your family and friends are ok!its a major disaster

[@dinamarthaa]

she lost her brain

[@AlvinLin-gi6ze]

Anyone want to pray for my grandma she’s 95 and she lives in the mountains in Taiwan❤

[@paddyeejit1954]

She’s probably safe in the mountains

[@TrippyZeke]

0:10 that faceplant tho

[@Nuggyv420z]

Now that's a real head light

[@rhythmbox612]

Look at this woman who was trying to get out of the car, she was suddenly stopped by the wire of her devices, and try to clean her place first !

[@user-yi1vg8vb9e]

I'm from Taiwan, and this is real, R.I.P, I almost died there 😭

[@romanvssvmromania]

Seems like the commercial ground floor took the liberty of getting rid of some structural elements in the corner... So bad to see most people suffer from one's local vendor's greed and stupidity.

[@tarijoe-otuma]

I hope they're okay

[@BIGLOVE201130]

That's scary af

[@melloLL4722]

Whoa!

[@drakeoyra5t5]

大家平安.

[@bryantheutuber]

the earthquake really made the 2nd floor become 1st floor

[@kingofpopbts2080]

Pray for Taiwan, from Singapore! 🙏

[@kwanghohwang4016]

Tiwan no.1 HongKong freedom!

[@joelpetersen2480]

😢

[@danazoesanchez9079]

pray for everybodies saftey

[@nasimmia4660]

How powerful the rule is there except this nobody crossing the red light

[@blc2103]

Notice that the person getting out of the blue car and running towards the white car trips and apparently falls head first into the bumper of the white car.

[@wewinusa]

Are you seeing what im seeing?

[@yuzuki7531]

AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JAPAN 🎌🥇AND THE REST OF THE WORLD 🗾✨

[@Mind_Up_Now]

Your bag is more important than your life

[@kennethrenock6588]

I'm sorry but that woman in the white car she made a very bad decision of what not to do when a buildings collapsing over your car... 😢 Seriously stop to grab something out of the car

[@RobotoMA]

I thought the same . You shouldn't do that something.

[@iraf.official]

😯😯😯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@user-lr3zx9qi8t]

Thoughts with the Taiwan people x

[@weirdmatter]

This was a hit

[@Sussy6969_]

Anyone watched an oarfish near the taiwan shore youtube shorts a year ago? I have a theory according to some japanese thingies oarfishes appear before bad things happen The oarfish video i watched a year ago was near taiwan shore. So those japanese thingies are kinda true or idk (Feel free to correct me in replies)

[@cindyanacleto1205]

🙏🏾

[@Guest66658]

🇲🇾Noooooo

[@ne0395]

You can pray but end is coming like all of civilizations before we failed and we gonna be reset

[@BeautifulIndia2356]

在來個十級吧❤

[@user-nx5ir3wi3p]

ITS WARS

[@Retainjourney]

Building made out of paper

[@weiweihdo]

No,that was a really big earthquake

[@kawazoeasuk]

Earthquake alarms were first invented in Taiwan, and later they cooperated with Japan. Houses in Taiwan are also earthquake-resistant. Believe me, if 7.5 earthquake happened in Europe and the United States, almost no houses would survive.

[@ClwnJuNkY]

I wonder if they used HAARP for this one

[@TheDiplococcus]

No, they didn't because that's bull. You're welcome.

[@ClwnJuNkY]

@@TheDiplococcus the proof is there ! Or did you take too many Covid shots

[@cpu_1292]

​@@ClwnJuNkY if the proof is out there then show me the proof

[@suhanjayalian5044]

Kaarrma lgbtq country lelgaly in there

[@brick647]

Russian bots when there are innocent kids dying who have dont nothing wrong and just were born in first world countries:

[@Cute_carrot2004]

Your poor country more worst

[@brick647]

@@Cute_carrot2004 fr

[@Bharat_the_earth_owner]

​@@brick647i think he is Chinese not Russia ...look at the name and his pic ...china sent 30 aircrafts to take a look at the preparation of Taiwan in case of invasion when the earthquake hit