Thank you for joining us today as we bring you the latest on the Taiwan earthquake. 

Here's what we have learnt:

• A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake hit the east coast of Taiwan this morning and was felt across the island
• The death toll is currently four people
• Authorities say 57 people are injured
• Tsunami warnings for the Philippines and Japan which were triggered by the earthquake have been cancelled
• There is significant damage to buildings in Hualien and Taipei City

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The Associated Press says three of the four deaths in Hualien county were hikers killed in rockslides in Taroko National Park.

AFP is reporting the other death happened in a highway tunnel.  

Taiwan's National Fire Agency also has revised the number of people injured to 57. 

Taroko National Park is a popular tourist spot in Taiwan. 

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has offered his condolences and assistance to its neighbour Taiwan. 

In a post to X he wrote he was "deeply saddened" to hear of the earthquake. 

He says Japan stands ready to provide any assistance necessary to Taiwan. 

Hualien, where four people have died, is a county on the east coast of Taiwan.

It's not far from the epicentre of the quake.

Many buildings are also heavily damaged and local media reported some people were trapped inside.

Footage has also emerged of a landslide.

Hualien is one of the country's biggest counties with a population of 350,000.

Most of Taiwan felt the earthquake with damage reported in Taipei too.

But the highest intensity level of 6 was recorded in Hualien.

The Associated Press is reporting that four people have died in Hualien County as a result of the earthquake. 

Earlier, the National Fire Agency said one person had died in the area which is close to the epicentre of the quake. 

Reuters reported that person was killed by fallen rocks. 

James Oaten tells News Channel just how intense the earthquake felt for Taiwan residents. 

Despite the quake striking at the height of the morning rush, the initial panic faded quickly on the island which is regularly rocked by temblors and prepares residents through drills at schools and notices issued via public media and mobile phones.

“Earthquakes are a common occurrence, and I’ve grown accustomed to them," Taipei resident Hsien-hsuen Keng told AP. 

But today was the first time I was scared to tears by an earthquake.

”I was awakened by the earthquake.

"I had never felt such intense shaking before.”

She said her fifth-floor apartment shook so hard that "apart from earthquake drills in elementary school, this was the first time I had experienced such a situation".

In Taipei City, there's been damage to buildings and evacuations of schools and workplaces. 

Tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes, while debris fell from some building sites. 

Schools evacuated their students to sports fields, equipping them with yellow safety helmets.

Some also covered themselves with textbooks to guard against falling objects as aftershocks continued.

Traffic along the east coast was at a virtual standstill, with landslides and falling debris hitting tunnels and highways in the mountainous region. 

Those caused damage to vehicles, though it wasn’t clear if anyone was hurt.

Reporting with AP

Professor Alan Collins is the Douglas Mawson Professor of Earth Science at the University of Adelaide. 

He says the earthquake lies at an incredibly interesting plate tectonic setting. 

"The earthquake formed as a thrust, where the crust is compressed horizontally and a part of the Earth's surface is pushed up over the bit in front of it — a bit like a piggy-back," he says. 

"Taiwan lies at a plate tectonic location where the edge of the Asian mainland is being driven under the Philippine Sea Plate.

"The earthquake epicentre lies just where this subduction zone system hits a second subduction zone that is trying to underthrust the whole lot down to the north under the East China Sea.

"It is an incredibly interesting plate tectonic knot."