Photos: Powerful 6.9 earthquake topples bridges, buildings in Taiwan
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Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan A fissure is seen along a road by the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan A resident takes photographs of the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan A view of the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows workers taking down a collapsed building in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan An aerial view shows the collapsed Kaoliao bridge in eastern Taiwan's Hualien county on September 19, 2022, following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 18. (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Aftermath Of Earthquake In Taiwan Residents wait outside the wreckage of a collapsed residential building after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Taiwan, in Yuli, Hualien, Taiwan, 18 September 2022. The island has been struck by multiple earthquakes in the last 24 hours, causing buildings to collapse, train to derail, destruction to bridges, and having 5 men trapped inside a collapsed building in Yuli of Hualien. (NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)