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BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Taiwan on Sunday as a series aftershocks hit the self-governing island off China’s east coast.

The 6.8 quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometers (4 miles) near the city of Taitung on the southeastern coast, Taiwanese authorities reported.

A two-story residential building collapsed near the epicenter, according to a Taiwanese media report. The shaking was felt at the north end of the island in the capital, Taipei.


https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-japan-...fa20885e35

Two story or two storey? Wrong spelling by AP?

(18-09-2022, 04:44 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Two story or two storey? Wrong spelling by AP?

Yup, wrong spelling by AP.

台湾台东县海域发生4.3级地震

http://www.fjdzj.gov.cn/ar/2022091814000001.htm

Another one earlier today towards Japan near Ryukyu Islands.
Japan must be quite worried now on the next major eruption of Mt Fuji.

(18-09-2022, 05:17 PM)sgxin Wrote: [ -> ]Another one earlier today towards Japan near Ryukyu Islands.
Japan must be quite worried now on the next major eruption of Mt Fuji.

Mt. Fujinis the most beautiful mountain in the world

Very breathtaking when you see it from afar

I miss the lake nearby

(18-09-2022, 04:45 PM)Levin Wrote: [ -> ]Yup, wrong spelling by AP.

Correct use of word, story or storied or storey..depending on which country

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona...ry%20house

https://grammarist.com/spelling/storey-s...ed%20house.

it is correct

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island’s southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.

Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicenter, which Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometers (4 miles).

The three-story building, which had a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones, collapsed in nearby Yuli town, the island’s Central News Agency said.