Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people and derails a train
A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.
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A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same...
Taipei, Sept. 18 (CNA) A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Taiwan's southeastern Taitung County at 2:44 p.m. Sunday, stronger than Saturday's magnitude 6.4 temblor, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
Beijing, Sep 18 (EFE).- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, a day after a powerful but relatively lesser intensity tremor rocked the island. Authorities reported no casualties due to the quake and several aftershocks on the self-governing island off China’s east coast. The seismology center, using Taiwan’s 7-tier intensity …
Four people were trapped in wreckage and 400 tourists stuck on mountainside after magnitude 6.8 quake