The magnitude 6.4 quake, which hit near the coastal city just before midnight (1600 GMT) on Tuesday, also injured 243 people, officials said. Rescuers save a dog from inside a damaged hotel after an earthquake hit Hualien. Rescue and emergency workers block off a street where a building came off its foundation, the morning after a 6.4 magnitude quake hit the eastern Taiwanese city of Hualien. A car sat submerged in rubble as rescue workers combed through the ruins of a nearby building. More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, and some Taiwanese remain scarred by a 7.6 magnitude quake that was felt across the island and killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.--REUTERS

Source: New Strait Times February 07, 2018 07:18 UTC