Taiwanese TV Anchors’ Reactions Captured Live As Newscasts Are Interrupted By 7.4 Earthquake
03.04.2024 - 22:23
/ deadline.com
An anchor for Taiwan‘s iNews was live on air relaying a message from the country’s earthquake early warning system when the actual 7.4 temblor hit yesterday.
Video shows newscaster did not even pause as she began to report on what would later be recognized as the island’s biggest shake in decades. The camera cut to wildly swinging light cans in the studio rafters and then back down to the intrepid anchor who, while visibly rocked by the shaking, did not break eye contact. Her only concession to the jolt was to reach back with one hand and brace herself against the video screen behind her. Watch below.
Reported video of the heavy shaking inside a TV studio in Taiwan during the earthquake. pic.twitter.com/C2UN4igFvB
Another local anchor at SET News decided not to brace herself at all, doing an admirable job of keeping her feet beneath her — in heels, no less — as the shaking began.
Earthquake interrupts live news on @setlivenews in Taiwan this morning. Holy sh*t.https://t.co/lido3A6tWL pic.twitter.com/J3xgI1C4T0
Over at another outlet, the news presenter was fortunate to be seated but the station’s green screen graphics were a mess with the shaking.
Terremoto de Taiwan en vivo desde tv local. Taiwan earthquake pic.twitter.com/gbkAgGSJns
According to the New York Times, nine people were killed by the quake and hundreds were injured.
The Taiwanese anchors’ reactions were a sharp contrast to those in another seismically-active media market: Los Angeles.
In 2019, KCAL9 news anchors Juan Fernandez and Sara Donchey were live on air when a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck about 100 miles north of L.A. Their reaction? Duck and cover.
Of course, the most famous local in-studio earthquake moment was the reaction of Kent