Taiwan earthquake HUALIEN, TAIWAN - APRIL 03: Kaohsiung Fire Department staff search inside a building for rescue operation as several people were killed and hundreds of others injured after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Taiwan's eastern coast on the Richter scale, in Hualien, Taiwan on April 03, 2024. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush Wednesday, damaging buildings and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. (Photo by Kaohsiung Fire Department/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images)