A damaging 7.7-magnitude earthquake has hit Taiwan, causing tsunami panic across the region, triggering landslides and downing buildings. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami alert for the southern islands of the Far East country following the tremor, which happened shortly before 9am local time on Wednesday morning (8pm New York, 1am UK, 11am Sydney). #news #taiwan #breakingnews #taiwanearthquake