Eyewitness describes deadly earthquake that toppled buildings in Taiwanmore stories from this episodeFull EpisodeZeena Starbuck was writing in bed in a Taiwanese hostel on Tuesday night when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the coastal city of Hualien. "The beds were just shaking and shaking, for too long, you know?" The earthquake struck shortly before midnight about 22 kilometres northeast of Hualien, a popular tourist destination and home to about 100,000 people. She's been travelling in Taiwan and was one of about 15 people in the hostel when the quake struck. The view from the hostel where Zeena Starbuck was staying, just down the street from the collapsed Marshal Hotel in Hualien.

Source: CBC News February 06, 2018 23:15 UTC