Taiwanese anchors continued to deliver the news live on air despite the shaking from the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the island Tuesday.

Cameras captured the reactions of TV anchors who were live on air at various Taiwanese news outlets when Taiwan was hit with its strongest earthquake in 25 years.

In a clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, an iNews anchor was visibly rocked by the shaking as she carried on reporting on the earthquake.

The camera cut to the studio lights swaying violently overhead before showing the local news anchor with her hands clasped together in front of herself.

At one point, she was forced to brace herself against the video screen behind her.

In a second video, a news presenter at Taiwan's SET News managed to stay on her feet while in heels as the tremors shook the studio.

A third video showed another news anchor who was seated when the shaking began. She stayed calm and collected when the quake caused the station's green screen graphics to glitch.

The Taiwan earthquake killed nine people and left at least 1,000 injured, the Associated Press reported.

Most of the deaths were caused by falling rocks, while one died in a damaged residential building, according to the state Central News Agency.

The quake also resulted in the collapse of numerous buildings, damaged roads, bridges and tunnels, power outages and landslides.

Videos shared on social media showed children being rescued from destroyed residential buildings.

Hsu Chen-wei, the mayor of Hualien, Taiwan, said 48 residential buildings were damaged in the city, the AP reported.

It prompted tsunami warnings across Taiwan, southern Japan and the Philippines.

According to the AP, the earthquake caused a small tsunami on some islands in southern Japan, but no damage was reported.

The earthquake marked Taiwan's strongest since the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck the island in 1999, killing 2,400 and injuring 10,000, according to The Guardian.

This came just a little over a year after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated southern Turkey and northwestern Syria in February 2023.

The AP reported that the quake killed over 59,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.

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