'I never felt so much fear?: Actress Yvonne Lim

Actress Yvonne Lim has experienced many earthquakes and aftershocks during her nine years residing in Taiwan.

- Joanne Soh and Lim Ruey Yan

But never had she felt so much fear as when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Hualien on the morning of April 3.

"This quake was really terrifying.

I was so scared. I was alone at home and I didn't know what to do," the 47-year-old Singaporean told The Straits Times over the phone.

"I was awoken up by the earthquake and ran out of my room screaming for my husband and children, but they had already left for school." She has been living in Taipei since she married Taiwanese businessman Alex Tien in 2014. They I have two children Alex Junior, nine, and Alexa, seven.

"We live on the 26th floor, so there was no way I could run down quickly. I hid under the dining table and waited for the tremors to stop," said Lim, adding that she had never experienced such an intense earthquake before.

"The intensity just grew and the whole house was shaking so badly.

I never felt so much fear," she said.