A photo released by The Central News Agency (CNA) shows a collapsed building following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, 03 April 2024. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Taiwan on the morning of 03 April with an epicentre 18 kilometres south of Hualien City at a depth of 34.8 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). EPA-EFE/THE CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY TAIWAN OUT

A photo released by The Central News Agency (CNA) shows a collapsed building following a powerful earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, April 3, 2024. EPA-EFE/The Central News Agency 

7.4 magnitude quake hits Taiwan

Rowegie Abanto

ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATED) &mdash; At least 3 Filipinos sustained injuries after a powerful earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said Thursday.MECO chair Silvestre Bello III told ANC there were no Filipinos reported killed so far in the major quake. But 3 Filipinos suffered &quot;minor injuries&quot;, he said.He said one of the injured Filipinos panicked and had her hand stuck in the door when the tremor struck. The other sustained injuries when the ceiling fell and hit his head. The official did not give details about the third Filipino.Bello said the 3 Filipinos were not in Taiwan&#39;s Hualien City, the epicenter of the quake and where there are more than 1,400 Filipino workers.&quot;Maliban sa 3 nabanggit ko, wala nang ibang kababayan nating apektado na kasama sa casualties,&quot; he said.(Aside from the three I mentioned, there are no other Filipino casualties.)&ldquo;One had a head injury, debris ng kisame na tumama. It&rsquo;s a minor head injury so he was taken to the hospital but was discharged yesterday. The other one from Yilan County, which is adjacent to Hualien, she was in that course of evacuation probably in a bit of a hurry understandably, her two hands slammed into a door. So nagkaroon ng swollen hands siya, but ok na. She was hospitalized but also discharged. The third one collapsed, just right after the earthquake, probably due to stress&hellip;all 3 will receive the AKSYON fund assistance,&rdquo; DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Cacdac said.Chris Gumahin, a 30-year-old factory worker who passed out during the evacuation at their workplace, is now recovering in a hospital in Taoyuan.She thanked coworkers who rushed her to the hospital. She experienced numbness in her lower extremities when she woke up.&ldquo;Sobrang natakot ako, nag-alala ako kasi nagpapanic na ko. Nanikip dibdib ko tapos unti-unti namanhid yung dito ko, ulo. Nahihirapan akong huminga, tapos yun na, tumba na ako&hellip;.Paggising ko, hindi ko magalaw ito dito, mild stroke dito. Pero sa awa ni Lord binigyan ako second life. Ginalaw ko lang yung ito po (points at toe) hanggang sa paunti-unti bumabalik sa normal,&rdquo; she said.Bello, meanwhile, is currently in Manila after a meeting with Taiwan&rsquo;s Representative Wallace Chow.&nbsp;He is flying back to Taiwan on Friday to personally check the situation of Filipinos, particularly those in Hualien. He assured that all Filipinos are safe and that Taiwan returned to business as usual.&ldquo;In the case of Hualien County, nag stop operation, nag suspend pero yung hindi pinapasok continue naman ang payment nila. One question asked was kung nasuspend ang deployment, wala naman sinasabi ang DMW&hellip;tuloy-tuloy lang,&rdquo; Bello said.The DMW also said Philippine labor representatives will assist Filipinos in case some feel like they are not ready to go to work.Apart from Taiwan, the DMW is also monitoring the situation in Japan after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked the Fukushima prefecture on Thursday afternoon.&nbsp;The DMW&rsquo;s Migrant Workers Offices in Tokyo and Osaka (MWO-Tokyo | MWO-Osaka), citing the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), reported the quake&rsquo;s epicenter was located off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in the northeastern part of Honshu, Japan&rsquo;s main island.&nbsp;Protocols for accounting for the safety and status of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the affected areas have been activated.&nbsp;The Department of Migrant Workers is ensuring the safety of the 159,480 Filipinos currently residing in Taiwan, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.&quot;We stand ready to assist and support our fellow Filipinos in Taiwan in any way possible during this difficult period,&quot; he said.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/marcos-sends-sympathy-to-taiwan-1717" id="isPasted">Marcos Jr. sends sympathy to Taiwan; DMW to help Pinoys affected by quake</a>At least <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/3/nine-dead-over-1-000-injured-in-taiwan-s-strongest-quake-in-decades-645">9 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured</a> on Wednesday by the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in decades which damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.Wednesday&#39;s magnitude-7.2 quake hit just before 8 a.m. local time, with the United States Geological Survey putting the epicenter 18 kilometers south of Taiwan&#39;s Hualien City, at a depth of 34.8 kilometers.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/taiwan-quake-won-t-have-any-effect-on-active-faults-in-ph-phivolcs-1838" id="isPasted">Taiwan quake won&rsquo;t have any effect on active faults in PH: Phivolcs</a>&mdash; With reports from Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse

&quot;Maliban sa 3 nabanggit ko, wala nang ibang kababayan nating apektado na kasama sa casualties,&quot; he said.(Aside from the three I mentioned, there are no other Filipino casualties.)&ldquo;One had a head injury, debris ng kisame na tumama. It&rsquo;s a minor head injury so he was taken to the hospital but was discharged yesterday. The other one from Yilan County, which is adjacent to Hualien, she was in that course of evacuation probably in a bit of a hurry understandably, her two hands slammed into a door. So nagkaroon ng swollen hands siya, but ok na. She was hospitalized but also discharged. The third one collapsed, just right after the earthquake, probably due to stress&hellip;all 3 will receive the AKSYON fund assistance,&rdquo; DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Cacdac said.Chris Gumahin, a 30-year-old factory worker who passed out during the evacuation at their workplace, is now recovering in a hospital in Taoyuan.She thanked coworkers who rushed her to the hospital. She experienced numbness in her lower extremities when she woke up.&ldquo;Sobrang natakot ako, nag-alala ako kasi nagpapanic na ko. Nanikip dibdib ko tapos unti-unti namanhid yung dito ko, ulo. Nahihirapan akong huminga, tapos yun na, tumba na ako&hellip;.Paggising ko, hindi ko magalaw ito dito, mild stroke dito. Pero sa awa ni Lord binigyan ako second life. Ginalaw ko lang yung ito po (points at toe) hanggang sa paunti-unti bumabalik sa normal,&rdquo; she said.Bello, meanwhile, is currently in Manila after a meeting with Taiwan&rsquo;s Representative Wallace Chow.&nbsp;He is flying back to Taiwan on Friday to personally check the situation of Filipinos, particularly those in Hualien. He assured that all Filipinos are safe and that Taiwan returned to business as usual.&ldquo;In the case of Hualien County, nag stop operation, nag suspend pero yung hindi pinapasok continue naman ang payment nila. One question asked was kung nasuspend ang deployment, wala naman sinasabi ang DMW&hellip;tuloy-tuloy lang,&rdquo; Bello said.The DMW also said Philippine labor representatives will assist Filipinos in case some feel like they are not ready to go to work.Apart from Taiwan, the DMW is also monitoring the situation in Japan after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked the Fukushima prefecture on Thursday afternoon.&nbsp;The DMW&rsquo;s Migrant Workers Offices in Tokyo and Osaka (MWO-Tokyo | MWO-Osaka), citing the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), reported the quake&rsquo;s epicenter was located off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in the northeastern part of Honshu, Japan&rsquo;s main island.&nbsp;Protocols for accounting for the safety and status of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the affected areas have been activated.&nbsp;The Department of Migrant Workers is ensuring the safety of the 159,480 Filipinos currently residing in Taiwan, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.&quot;We stand ready to assist and support our fellow Filipinos in Taiwan in any way possible during this difficult period,&quot; he said.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/marcos-sends-sympathy-to-taiwan-1717" id="isPasted">Marcos Jr. sends sympathy to Taiwan; DMW to help Pinoys affected by quake</a>At least <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/3/nine-dead-over-1-000-injured-in-taiwan-s-strongest-quake-in-decades-645">9 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured</a> on Wednesday by the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in decades which damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.Wednesday&#39;s magnitude-7.2 quake hit just before 8 a.m. local time, with the United States Geological Survey putting the epicenter 18 kilometers south of Taiwan&#39;s Hualien City, at a depth of 34.8 kilometers.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/taiwan-quake-won-t-have-any-effect-on-active-faults-in-ph-phivolcs-1838" id="isPasted">Taiwan quake won&rsquo;t have any effect on active faults in PH: Phivolcs</a>&mdash; With reports from Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse

He said one of the injured Filipinos panicked and had her hand stuck in the door when the tremor struck. The other sustained injuries when the ceiling fell and hit his head. The official did not give details about the third Filipino.Bello said the 3 Filipinos were not in Taiwan&#39;s Hualien City, the epicenter of the quake and where there are more than 1,400 Filipino workers.

MANILA (UPDATED) &mdash; At least 3 Filipinos sustained injuries after a powerful earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said Thursday.MECO chair Silvestre Bello III told ANC there were no Filipinos reported killed so far in the major quake. But 3 Filipinos suffered &quot;minor injuries&quot;, he said.

MECO chair Silvestre Bello III told ANC there were no Filipinos reported killed so far in the major quake but 3 Filipinos suffered "minor injuries."

MECO chair Silvestre Bello III told ANC there were no Filipinos reported killed so far in the major quake but 3 Filipinos suffered "minor injuries."

Three Filipinos hurt after Taiwan quake: MECO | ABS-CBN News

News

News

Three Filipinos hurt after Taiwan quake: MECO

Three Filipinos hurt after Taiwan quake: MECO