Published: January 22nd, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

On Tuesday night, 27 people were injured in a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in southwest Taiwan. According to the Central Weather Authority (CWA), the epicenter was located in a mountainous, rural area almost 40 kilometers southeast of the city of Chiayi. The Taiwanese National Fire Agency reported that dozens of buildings in Chiayi and Tainan were damaged, and some collapsed.