Taiwan earthquake: Over 80 quakes hit east coast in 24 hours, 6.3 magnitude strongest | Top 10 updates

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earthquake on April 3 claimed the lives of at least 14 people and there were over 1,000 aftershocks since then. 1) Many aftershocks rocked Hualien in eastern Taiwan on late Monday and early Tuesday. However, no fatalities or significant damage was recorded.

Major chipmaker TSMC stated that its operations were unaffected. 2) Buildings across large parts of northern, eastern, and western Taiwan, including the capital Taipei, swayed at night due to the magnitude 6.3 earthquake, Reuters reported. 3) According to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration, the string of earthquakes that began on Monday afternoon—roughly 180 total—were aftershocks of the significant quake that occurred on April 3.

4) “The aftershocks were a concentrated release of energy and that more could be expected, though perhaps not as strong," Seismological Centre Director Wu Chien-fu told media persons. 5) Chien-fu said people in Hualien need to be prepared for further disruption as heavy rainfall predicted for all of Taiwan this week. The Hualien fire department stated two buildings that were already unoccupied due to damage on April 3 sustained additional damage and were tilting.

6) The world's largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) reported that some employees at a few plants were evacuated, but all personnel were safe and the facility and safety systems were operating as intended, as per Reuters reports. 7) Several roads in the mountainous Hualien county were closed, and the authorities called off work and school for the day. 8) Taiwan is no stranger to strong earthquakes, but experts believe the country's exceptional seismic preparedness has kept the damage they have caused to its 23 million inhabitants, a tech-savvy island.