The Uranus Building ( zh, c=天王星大樓, p=Tiānwángxīng dàlóu) was a ten-story tower building in
Hualien City
Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the ...
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Hualien County
Hualien () is a County (Taiwan), county on the east coast of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country. The county seat and largest city is Hualien City. Hu ...
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
that remained partially collapsed after the
2018 Hualien earthquake.
[ The building was constructed in 1986 and houses shops and apartments.]2024 Hualien earthquake
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 Time in Taiwan, NST (23:58:11 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC on 2 April), a 7.4 earthquake struck south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 19 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the ea ...
, which left the building tilted over at a 25-degree angle. Demolition
Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction (building), deconstruction, which inv ...
began on the building two days after the quake and completed after a two week period.
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1986 establishments in Taiwan
Towers completed in 1986
Buildings and structures destroyed by earthquakes
Buildings and structures in Hualien City
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