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An earthquake rocked the entire island <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/asia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of Taiwan</a> early Wednesday, killing four, injuring dozens, collapsing buildings in a southern city and sparking a brief tsunami warning for southern Japanese islands.Taiwan's fire department said four people have died in the mountainous, sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien, where the earthquake's epicenter was located. More than 50 people were injured in the incident.At least 26 buildings have collapsed, with more than half in the city of Hualien. About 20 people were trapped as rescue work continues, the government said.Video and images on social media showed buildings shaken off their foundations. A five-story building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/earthquakes-japan-kill-officials-race-save-people-trapped-homes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN KILL AT LEAST 48 AS OFFICIALS RACE TO SAVE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES</a>In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes.The U.S. Geological Survey put the 9.6 mile quake at a 7.5 magnitude, while Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave it a magnitude of 7.7, up from 7.5 earlier. The effects of the earthquake were felt as far away as Kinmen, a Taiwanese-controlled island off the coast of China, said Wu Chien-fu, the head of Taiwan's earthquake monitoring bureau.A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of southwestern <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japan's Miyakojima and Yaeyama regions</a> and the main island of Okinawa, Japanese public broadcaster NHK World reported. Waves had reached some areas and were more than 9 feet high. Train service across the island of 23 million people was suspended. In Taipei, children were seen going to school and the morning commute appeared normal.The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center initially said it was reviewing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/earthquakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the earthquake</a> to determine whether a tsunami was a threat to the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington, as well as Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia."Tsunami NOT expected," the agency posted on X minutes later.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-marks-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-13-years-later-pledges-recover-any-cost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAPAN MARKS FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER 13 YEARS LATER, PLEDGES TO RECOVER 'AT ANY COST'</a>Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency also said there was no tsunami threat to the state.The quake was believed to be the biggest in Taiwan since a temblor in 1999 caused extensive damage. Taiwan lies along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur.The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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content: An earthquake rocked the entire island <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/asia"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">of Taiwan</a> early Wednesday, killing four, injuring
 dozens, collapsing buildings in a southern city and sparking a brief tsunami warning
 for southern Japanese islands.Taiwan's fire department said four people have
 died in the mountainous, sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien, where the
 earthquake's epicenter was located. More than 50 people were injured in the incident.At
 least 26 buildings have collapsed, with more than half in the city of Hualien. About
 20 people were trapped as rescue work continues, the government said.Video
 and images on social media showed buildings shaken off their foundations. A five-story
 building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first
 floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/earthquakes-japan-kill-officials-race-save-people-trapped-homes"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN KILL AT LEAST 48
 AS OFFICIALS RACE TO SAVE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES</a>In the
 capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes.The
 U.S. Geological Survey put the 9.6 mile quake at a 7.5 magnitude, while Taiwan’s
 earthquake monitoring agency gave it a magnitude of 7.7, up from 7.5 earlier. The
 effects of the earthquake were felt as far away as Kinmen, a Taiwanese-controlled
 island off the coast of China, said Wu Chien-fu, the head of Taiwan's earthquake
 monitoring bureau.A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of southwestern
 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japan's
 Miyakojima and Yaeyama regions</a> and the main island of Okinawa, Japanese public
 broadcaster NHK World reported. Waves had reached some areas and were more than
 9 feet high. Train service across the island of 23 million people was suspended.
 In Taipei, children were seen going to school and the morning commute appeared normal.The
 U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center initially said it was reviewing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/earthquakes"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">the earthquake</a> to determine whether a tsunami
 was a threat to the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington, as well
 as Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia."Tsunami NOT expected,"
 the agency posted on X minutes later.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-marks-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-13-years-later-pledges-recover-any-cost"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">JAPAN MARKS FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER 13
 YEARS LATER, PLEDGES TO RECOVER 'AT ANY COST'</a>Hawaii's Emergency
 Management Agency also said there was no tsunami threat to the state.The
 quake was believed to be the biggest in Taiwan since a temblor in 1999 caused extensive
 damage. Taiwan lies along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a line of seismic faults encircling
 the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur.The Associated
 Press and Reuters contributed to this report. 
summary: An earthquake in Taiwan resulted in four deaths, some buildings collapsing
 and a tsunami warning, officials said Wednesday.
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