Friday, 5 February 2016

Taiwan hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake ,dozens feared dead,hundreds trapped(Photos)



At least four people have died including a ten-day-old baby after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan in the early hours of this morning, causing a 17-storey apartment building to collapse.

Emergency crews are working to free hundreds more people who are feared trapped after the quake struck the southern city of Tainan at around 4am according to Taiwan's state news agency.
At least 224 people in the city were rescued from damaged structures, many from a 17-story residential building that collapsed in Tainan, officials told CNN.
More than 150 people in Tainan were hospitalized, disaster officials said.

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