A woman fled for life as a massive 7.2 quake collapsed a building in Taiwan.

The shocking CCTV footage was filmed in Hualien County on April 3. A woman in a white T-shirt, walking through the alley between the Hotel Les Champs and the Uranus building, completely unaware of the impending catastrophe.

As the building begins to crumble, the woman is seen sprinting away from the collapsing structure, narrowly escaping the debris and dust cloud racing towards her.

A Taiwanese host, Zhang Lingyu, taking to social media, shared the shocking surveillance video captured by her hotel’s first floor cameras.

According to reports, a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the county caused a 10-storey Uranus building to collapse. The ground floor shops of the building were tragically engulfed as the earth opened up, swallowing them whole in a terrifying display of nature's might.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

4月3日，台湾花莲发生规模7.2的强震，天王星大楼因此而坍塌倾斜，1楼商店直接被下陷吞没。而艺人张齢予家开的花莲丽翔酒店就位于倒塌大楼对面，她也曝光自家酒店1楼的监视器画面，可以看到地震当下，还有路人从饭店和天王星中间的巷子经过，大楼倒塌瞬间这名白衣女子吓到赶紧奔逃，差点受到波及。