00:00It's so big! Let's get out of here!
00:03Sudden violent shaking sent people rushing outside in fear.
00:07I'm coming! I'm coming! I'm coming!
00:12It's too scary!
00:16Late Saturday night, a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of Yilan in eastern Taiwan.
00:22Taiwan's weather agency says it's the third recorded quake of a magnitude 7 or above to hit the country.
00:29After the deadly Jiji earthquake in 1999 and another major quake in early April 2024.
00:36Since this scale is 7.0, it's very deep.
00:40So it's very widespread for Taiwan's weather.
00:45In Taiwan's Tai-Zo-Yi-Bi area, it's almost 4 degrees.
00:52The quake was filled by nearly everyone,
00:58leaving many residents in Yilan shaken and on edge.
01:02The earthquake also disrupted transportation networks throughout the country.
01:19With Taiwan Railways, the Taipei Metro and Taiwan's High Speed Railway all experiencing brief service suspensions.
01:26But operations have gradually resumed following safety checks.
01:30At Taoyuan International Airport, parts of the ceiling in Terminal 2 collapsed.
01:35Experts explained why the earthquake was filled so widely, especially in the nation's capital, Taipei.
01:42When the earthquake was flooded, it would spread very far.
01:49And it's very sad that this time of the earthquake, if it spread to Taipei, it would spread very far.
01:55Because there was a significant effect.
01:57Saturday's earthquake came after Taitung County, also in eastern Taiwan, was rattled by an early quake on Christmas Eve.
02:10Experts are warning that aftershocks could still strike in the upcoming week and are urging the public to stay alert.
02:16Leon Lian and Ellen Lu for Taiwan Plus.
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