The present director of the CWA Seismology Center, Wu Chien-fu said that the 921 Jiji earthquake destroyed hundreds of buildings in central Taiwan, but today's earthquake shook more parts of ...

Taiwan was shaken by a major earthquake registering magnitude 7.2 ... the most powerful tectonic event on the island since the "921 quake" on September 21, 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude quake ...

After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as showing the aftermath.

Taiwan's earthquake preparedness comes from decades of regulation and work in building structural resilience. But there were still some damaged buildings, showing that things remain to be done.