Earthquake Rocks Taiwan, Topples Buildings, Triggers Japan Tsunami Alert

An earthquake rocked the entire island 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 at a 7.5 while Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2. Figures regarding casualties have not been released.