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Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan, buildings seen collapsed, causes tsunami warning in Japan

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An earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and sparking a tsunami warning for southern Japanese islands.

Video and images on social media showed buildings shaken off their foundations.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake it at a 7.5 while Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2.

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Figures regarding casualties have not been released. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

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