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More than 130 people are trapped after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years caused buildings to collapse, landslides to crash down from mountainous areas and widespread power outages. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said Wednesday morning’s quake was magnitude 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4 and Japan’s meteorological agency put it at 7.7. Nine people have died and 946 have been injured after the quake struck in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County during morning rush hour at 7.58am local time (12.58am UK time). Meanwhile, 137 people are trapped – including 50 hotel staff who were travelling in minibuses…