A major earthquake has resulted in two fatalities and at least 100 injuries in the city of Hualien on Taiwan’s east coast.
The News Lens
Date: 2018/02/07
By: David Green
A major earthquake has resulted in two fatalities and at least 100 injuries in the city of Hualien on Taiwan’s east coast.
Rescue efforts are underway as emergency services scramble to reach people potentially trapped in a partially collapsed hotel building after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck close to the city of Hualien on Taiwan’s east coastline Tuesday night.
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan confirmed in the early hours of Tuesday that two people had been confirmed dead while more than 100 had been injured as a result of the disaster as rescue operations continue.
The Marshal Hotel on Gongyuan Road in Hualien City suffered major subsidence to the extent that the fourth floor is now level with the first floor. The Parkview Hotel and a residential complex, No. 41 Guosheng Sixth Street, are also reported to have tilted significantly under the force of the tremor. [FULL STORY]