HUALIEN, Taiwan — When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region’s most ubiquitous charity to set up an emergency response center.

Rescue teams Thursday were trying to reach more than 600 people in eastern Taiwan following the strongest earthquake to hit the island in decades, as the number of people injured passed 1,000.

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The Buddhist teacher who founded what is now a global charity and religion with a $283 million operating budget grew up at a time when women could not be ordained as ...

Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring ...

A partially collapsed building is seen in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 3, 2024. A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that hit ...

Firefighters and quarry workers evacuate a body from the Ho Ren Quarry a day after a powerful earthquake struck Hualien County, in eastern Taiwan, on April 4, 2024. AP Outside one severely damaged ...

Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was magnitude 7.2 while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. It struck about 11 miles off of Hualien, on Taiwan’s east coast, and was ...

Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency said the temblor struck just before 8:00 a.m. local time and gave the magnitude as 7.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4.