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In a photo provided by the Taipei Fire Department, vehicles are seen piled on themselves in an automated parking tower after the lift system failed during the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck off the island’s eastern coast in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, April 20, 2015.
In a photo provided by the Taipei Fire Department, vehicles are seen piled on themselves in an automated parking tower after the lift system failed during the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck off the island’s eastern coast in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, April 20, 2015.
Japanese forecasters had warned the 6.6 magnitude earthquake could cause a tsunami as high as 1m affecting several islands in the Okinawa chain. But they lifted the alert around an hour later, with no abnormal waves recorded.
No damage was reported in Japan, but a four-storey apartment building in New Taipei City caught fire after an electrical box outside the block exploded in the quake.
A 65-year-old man who lived in the building "showed no signs of life" at the scene, the fire service said.
Another 18-year-old resident remains in hospital with smoke inhalation but is not in a serious condition, the fire service said.
