This image from a video, shows debris from a collapsed house in Tainan, Taiwan Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, after an earthquake. Credit: AP Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s ...

On September 21, 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck central Taiwan. In the small towns surrounding the epicenter, homes and residential apartments collapsed. Hundreds of ...