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| Taiwan earthquake latest: Marshal Hotel tips over following 6.4-magnitude quake near eastern city of Hualien | |
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| A powerful earthquake has struck in Taiwan, reportedly toppling buildings near the city of Hualien. | A powerful earthquake has struck in Taiwan, reportedly toppling buildings near the city of Hualien. |
| Taiwan’s government said a hotel had collapsed. | |
| The tremor struck 21km north-north-east of the city, according to the US Geological Survey, at a depth of 9.5km. | The tremor struck 21km north-north-east of the city, according to the US Geological Survey, at a depth of 9.5km. |
| It hit shortly before midnight local time. | It hit shortly before midnight local time. |
| A magnitude 6.1 earthquake took place nearby on Sunday. | A magnitude 6.1 earthquake took place nearby on Sunday. |
| Images posted on social media appeared to show that pillars holding up the Marshal Hotel in Gongyuan Road, Hualien, had collapsed, bringing the higher floors of the building onto street level. | Images posted on social media appeared to show that pillars holding up the Marshal Hotel in Gongyuan Road, Hualien, had collapsed, bringing the higher floors of the building onto street level. |
| Other pictures showed the building leaning steeply to one side as bystanders looked on and cars remained parked where they had stopped during the quake. | |
| “The president [Tsai Ing-wen] has asked the cabinet and related ministries to immediately launch the ‘disaster mechanism’ and to work at the fastest rate on disaster relief work,” the president’s office said in a statement. | |
| Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported that the ground floor of the Marshal had caved in and people were believed to be trapped inside. It posted photos showing a road fractured in several parts. | |
| Several buildings in Hualien were tilting or caved in, according to the outlet. | |
| The agency quoted a spokesman of Taiwan’s Executive Yuan, the governing cabinet’s office, as saying that search teams from other areas were headed to Hualien. | |
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