He was staying with his wife in a hotel in Taichung, about 64km (40 miles) north of the earthquake’s epicentre in the mostly rural county of Nantou. The 6.1-magnitude quake killed one person and left at least 19 others injured after they were hit by by falling objects on the east Asian island.
Sir Chris, 37, wrote on Twitter: ‘In Taichung, just experienced my first proper earthquake!
Building shaking and swaying, light fittings & pictures falling off the walls!’
He added: ‘Wow, it felt pretty scary here on the 15th floor of our hotel!’
His wife, Sarra, also tweeted: ‘The earthquake has stopped but I’m still shaking.’
The quake, which occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 15km (9 miles), was felt throughout Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau said.
Buildings swayed in the capital, Taipei, and sections of the high-speed rail were suspended from service to be inspected for damage.
A 72-year-old woman became the first known fatality, emergency officials said. She died when a temple wall she was standing next to collapsed and crushed her in Nantou, they added.
Sir Chris - the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time - was yesterday unveiled as a champion for Glasgow’s bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Other Olympic stars backing the bid include rower Katherine Grainger, silver medal-winning swimmer Michael Jamieson and taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones, Team GB said.
Sir Chris is an 11-time world champion, six-time Olympic champion and has won a total of seven Olympic Games medals – six gold and one silver.
With his three Olympic gold medals in 2008, he became Scotland’s most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908 and the most successful Olympic cyclist.
He won a further two gold medals at London 2012, making him the most successful British Olympian of all time in terms of gold medals, and the joint most decorated athlete with fellow cyclist Bradley Wiggins.
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