THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
July 14, 2021 at 17:40 JST
People wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus after the COVID-19 alert rose to level 3 in Taipei on July 12. (AP Photo)
TAIPEI--A series of more than 20 earthquakes struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, causing some damage.
The Central Weather Bureau reported 22 quakes over two hours starting at 6:52 a.m.
The first was the largest with a magnitude of 5.2 and struck at a relatively shallow depth of 5.9 kilometers. The others ranged from magnitude 3.0 to 5.0.
A photo posted on the Taiwan Apple Daily news website showed the remains of a second-floor wall above a storefront that had fallen to the street and crumbled. The earthquakes were in Hualien County around the midpoint of the island’s east coast.
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