Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake in 25 years with at least nine people dead

At least nine people have been killed and around 900 others have been injured after Taiwan was shaken by one of the strongest earthquakes in a quarter of a century. The Japanese Meteorological Agency reported the quake at 7.58am local time (10.58am AEDT), about 18 kilometres southwest of Hualien City. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake is the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years. Several aftershocks struck the capital of Taipei, while most of the damage has been recorded in the eastern city of Hualien, where 100 remain trapped in tunnels. The earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines, but was later lifted.