Metro Plus News Taiwan struck by 2nd strong earthquake in as many days

Taiwan struck by 2nd strong earthquake in as many days

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling at least one building and trapping two people inside and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks at a station.
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island’s southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area.
The epicenter was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometers.
A three-story building with a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones collapsed in nearby Yuli town. Two were rescued and workers were in communication with two other trapped people.
Photos showed the top two stories sprawled across and onto the other side of a narrow street, with electricity wires pulled down by the building.
Police and firefighters rushed to a bridge collapse on a two-lane road in what appeared to be a rural part of Yuli where one or more vehicles may have fallen off.