TAIWAN QUAKE

A massive earthquake slammed Taiwan, leading to widespread damage, numerous casualties, and triggering landslides.

The quake, with an estimated magnitude north of 7.0, is reportedly the most severe of its kind to hit the Asian nation in more than two decades.

#CityImages reached out to our contact on the island but has not heard back. Taiwan sits on the "Ring of Fire"—a set of tectonic boundaries that encircle the Pacific basin and are home to roughly 75 percent of the world's volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/strong-72-magnitude-earthqua…

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