A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Taiwan, causing buildings to collapse and derailing a train
TAIPEI—A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan and reverberated across the island on Sunday, causing building damage, derailing a train and triggering concerns of a tsunami.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing -wen warned of further aftershocks, saying Sunday’s earthquake affected all of the island. Taiwan’s semiconductor facilities, a critical link in the global supply chain, appeared to have been unaffected. A spokeswoman for, the world’s largest contract chip maker, said there didn’t appear to be any significant impact from the quake.
In Hualien’s Yuli township, a 69-year-old cement worker was killed on the job after piles of materials collapsed on him, Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said, confirming the first casualty of the earthquake
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