The powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Taiwan at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday off its eastern coast was the strongest to shake the island since the tragic 7.3-magnitude 921 Jiji earthquake in 1999 that left more than 1,000 people dead.
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