Sept. 21 marks the 20th anniversary of the 921 earthquake in central Taiwan, which took place in Jiji, Nantou County, on Sept. 21, 1999. The magnitude-7.3 quake took more than 2,400 lives, and left tens of thousands of people injured.
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