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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 21: Firefighters put out a blaze in a toppled residential building in Hsinchuang, the northern county of Taipei, after the strongest earthquake in Taiwan this century hit early 21 September, 1999. At least 439 people were killed and 3, 600 injured or trapped under collapsed buildings in the earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. (Photo credit should read TAO-CHUAN YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 21:  Firefighters put out a blaze in a toppled residential building in Hsinchuang, the northern county of Taipei, after the strongest earthquake in Taiwan this century hit early 21 September, 1999. At least 439 people were killed and 3, 600 injured or trapped under collapsed buildings in the earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale.  (Photo credit should read TAO-CHUAN YEH/AFP via Getty Images)