A powerful earthquake has shook Taiwan as buildings and bridges collapsed. The US Geological Survey first estimated a magnitude of 7.2, but amended it to 6.9, which is still greater than the CWB assessment.
According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB), a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Saturday.
The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 2:44 p.m. local time (0644 GMT), with an epicenter in Taitung county, a town in Taiwan's eas...