It damaged buildings, caused cars to overturn and even sparked a tsunami warning but these tourists were unfazed by the earthquake as they stood at the top of Taipei 101.

The powerful quake, which measured 6.3 in magnitude, struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Monday morning.

But the plucky sight-seers, who can be seen standing in the observation deck of the 1,677-foot skyscraper, don't flinch as the structure clearly starts to move.

Snap happy: Visitors are undeterred from taking photos on the observation deck of Taipei 101, even during an earthquake

Sturdy: Once the world's tallest building, visitors continued to take pictures during the 6.3 magnitude earthquake which struck in Taiwan on Monday

While people across the city ducked for cover, they continued to take photos of each other up Taiwan's tallest building, the People's Daily Online reports.

The earthquake, the most powerful measured so far in 2015, set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan.

Taiwan authorities urged people to move away from the coast and seek higher ground, in a drill that has become fairly regular in the country prone to powerful earthquakes and occasional devastating tsunamis.

Powerful: A photo released by Taipei City Fire Department shows damaged cars in the parking tower in Taipei

Recorded: Details of the earthquake which tourists barely felt as they were stood at the top of Taipei 101

Back in Taiwan, one man died in New Taipei City and another was hospitalised from a fire caused by the quake as photos emerged of damage to cars and buildings.

Residents and office workers were evacuated from a building in the city centre because of a feared gas leak and vehicles in a nearby multi-storey carpark were overturned.

Later that day, two aftershocks rocked the island measuring 5.8 and 5.7, again shaking buildings in Taipei.

Another quake with a magnitude of 5.5, with its epicenter 27 miles east of the eastern city of Hualien, also jolted the island.

Once the world's tallest building, the Taipei 101, named after the number of floors, was built with an internal windproof system designed to stabilise the building during an earthquake.