A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook Taiwan Wednesday, killing nine people, injuring thousands more and causing landslides and infrastructure damage across the island. It’s not surprising that there was an eruption of concern from around the world, given the quake was Taiwan’s worst in a quarter century. But I can’t remember anyone mentioning the last one, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in 1999 that killed more than 2,000 people and cleaved the pavement outside of my uncle’s 7-Eleven store in Taichung.... Read this story
