Marshal Hotel among 5 buildings that collapsed after magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Taiwan’s Hualien
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/07
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien at
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11:50 p.m. tonight (Feb. 7) causing dramatic shaking throughout Taiwan, with Hualien suffering the brunt of the quake and at least five major buildings have collapsed, two bridges closed and sections of two highways have been shut off to traffic.
The epicenter of Tuesday’s quake was 18.3 northeast of Hualien County hall at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, according to Central Weather Bureau (CWB) and was the 94th earthquake since a spate of quakes started on Sunday. As this was the biggest of all 94 earthquakes, the CWB believes this was actually the main quake that the previous tremors were building up to, but only time will tell.
Early reports state that at least five major buildings have collapsed in Hualien City, including the Marshal Hotel (統帥大飯店), the Guosheng 1st Street Building (國盛一街), the Guosheng 6th Street Building (國盛六街), the A-Guan Hotpot Building (前站阿官火鍋大樓), and the Parkview Hotel (美崙飯店), with an unknown number of people reportedly trapped inside. Massive cracks have appeared on paved roads in the area and power has been cut to a large number of households. [FULL STORY]
