Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake since 1999
台湾发生自1999年以来的最强地震
Tremor of 7.2 magnitude damages buildings and sparks evacuations at chip plants
地震震级为里氏7.2级，多栋房屋受损，铁路交通中断，多家半导体制造工厂被迫疏散人员。
One person has been killed in Taiwan after the island’s strongest earthquake in almost 25 years damaged buildings, halted rail traffic and forced the evacuation of semiconductor manufacturing plants.
台湾发生近25年来最强地震，已有1人死亡。地震造成多栋房屋受损，铁路交通中断，多家半导体制造工厂被迫疏散人员。
The quake — which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, according to Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency, and 7.4 according to the US Geological Survey — struck at 7.58am on Wednesday off the east coast, 25km south-east of Hualien, a city of about 100,000 people.
根据台湾地震测报中心的数据，此次地震规模为里氏7.2级，根据美国地质勘探局(US Geological Survey)的数据为里氏7.4级。地震于周三上午7点58分发生，位置在花莲东南方向25公里处的台湾东部海域。花莲是一座拥有约10万人口的城市。
