Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/10
By: Flor Wang

Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) A new earthquake measuring 3.8 magnitude rocked Tainan in Wednesday morning amid ongoing relief operations being carried out there after a strong trembler jolted the southern Taiwan city on Saturday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

The quake, which was centered 10.7 kilometers southeast of the Tainan City Hall in Gueiren District, took place at 3:56 a.m. at a depth of 31.1 kilometers, the Bureau said.

The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was measured 1 in the city on Taiwan’s 7-tiered intensity scale. There were no immediate reports of major damage from the quake

Tainan was hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on Feb. 6, which had killed 43 as of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. At the same time, 216 have been rescued and 97 are still being trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings, according to figures released by the Tainan City government.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/13
By: Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) More victims were found in the rubble of a collapsed

building in Tainan Saturday, bringing the death toll to 112 from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit southern Taiwan Feb. 6.

Of the 112 confirmed deaths, 110 were found in the collapsed Weiguan Jinlong apartment complex in Tainan’s Yongkang District, according to the latest statistics compiled by Tainan City Government.

As of 11 a.m., five people — all adults — are believed to remain trapped in the rubble of the collapsed 16-story residential building, the city government said.

More than 10 buildings in Tainan were toppled and another 550 people were injured during the earthquake.      [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-02-12
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Prosecutors on Friday arraigned builder of the collapsed Weiguan residential building and searched his residence to look into cause of the building collapse following an earthquake that rattled southern Taiwan on Feb. 6.

The district prosecutor’s office in the city of Tainan has earlier gained court approval for detaining Lin Ming-hui, builder of the Weiguan building, and architects Chang Kui-an and Cheng Chin-kui, who were suspected of having overseen shoddy construction of the 17-story Weiguan building, which crashed onto its side following the Feb. 6 earthquake.

The death toll in the 6.4 magnitude quake stood at 96 as of 3 p.m. on Friday, with all but two of the deaths coming from the building collapse. About 28 people are believed to still be trapped in the debris.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/12
By: Yang Sz-ruei and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) More than 30 victims were found in the rubble of a

collapsed building in Tainan Friday, bringing the death toll to 98 from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit southern Taiwan Feb. 6.

Of the 98 confirmed deaths, 96 were killed in the collapsed Weiguan Jinlong apartment complex in Tainan’s Yongkang District, according to official data of the National Fire Agency.

As of 8:30 p.m. Friday, 22 people are still believed to be trapped in the rubble of the collapsed 16-story residential building.

More than 10 buildings in Tainan were toppled and another 550 people injured during the quake.     [FULL  STORY]

MEMORIAL SERVICE:President Ma Ying-jeou, president-elect Tsai Ing-wen and Premier Simon Chang yesterday joined quake victims’ relatives and others at a Tainan rite

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 13, 2016
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter, with agencies

Search-and-rescue teams yesterday finished clearing away most of the

above-ground levels of the collapsed Weiguan Jinlong complex in Tainan, as the number of bodies discovered amid the rubble rose rapidly.

At press time last night, 31 bodies were found overnight on Thurday and yesterday, bringing the total death toll from the quake in Tainan to 95.

Twenty-seven Weiguan Jinlong residents are still unaccounted for.

Most of the bodies that were retrieved over the past 24 hours had been so badly crushed that they were not readily identifiable, even by gender, rescue personnel speaking on condition of anonymity said.     [FULL  STORY][

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-02-12
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Prosecutors on Friday arraigned builder of the collapsed Weiguan residential building and searched his residence to look into cause of the building collapse following an earthquake that rattled southern Taiwan on Feb. 6.

The district prosecutor’s office in the city of Tainan has earlier gained court approval for detaining Lin Ming-hui, builder of the Weiguan building, and architects Chang Kui-an and Cheng Chin-kui, who were suspected of having overseen shoddy construction of the 17-story Weiguan building, which crashed onto its side following the Feb. 6 earthquake.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/12
By Tai Ya-chen, Huang Kuo-fang and Evelyn Kao

Accompanied by Premier Simon Chang (張善政), Ma arrived at the memorial

ceremony site around 10 a.m., where he paid tribute to the deceased, greeting their relatives and expressing condolences to them.

Earlier that day, accompanied by Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全), Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊), Tsai also paid a visit to Tainan for the memorial ceremony.

After expressing her sincere sympathies to those killed in the earthquake and their bereaved families at the ceremony, Tsai also posted a condolence message on her Facebook page, saying she wishes the deceased can rest in peace and their relatives can overcome their grief.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-02-12
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

As of 3 p.m. Friday earthquake death toll increased to 96, with 28 people still missing, who are believed to be buried under the rubble of a collapsed building of Weiguan Jinlong apartment complex in Tainan.

On the seventh day after the Feb. 6 earthquake, the bodies of more than a dozen of victims were found in the rubble of the collapsed building, which brought the number of people who died in a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday last week to 96, according to official figures.

Ninety-four of the 96 confirmed fatalities occurred in the collapsed Weiguan building. The other two died in the city’s Guiren District, according to the National Fire Agency.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/12
By: Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) At least 94 people have died after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan at 3:57 a.m. on Feb. 6, , according to the latest figures released by the National Fire Agency.

Of the 94 people confirmed dead, 92 were killed in the collapse of the Weiguan Jinlong apartment complex in Tainan’s Yongkang District, the agency said.

The two others died in the city’s Gueiren District.

As of 10:40 a.m. Friday, at least 30 people were still believed to be trapped in the rubble of the collapsed 16-story complex, according to the agency.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/11
By: Hsu Chih-wei and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Roads surrounding the Zhongxiao Bridge in Taipei will be reopened to traffic at 8 a.m. on Feb. 13 following the completion of demolition work on an overpass to the bridge, the Taipei City government announced Thursday.

The city government had originally planned to close off the roads until Feb. 15 but decided to reopen them two days earlier because the demolition work has moved ahead of schedule, according to Deputy Taipei Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮).

Bus services affected by the demolition work will also resume operations on Feb. 13, the city’s Public Transportation Office said.     [FULL  STORY]