A hotel has collapsed in Taiwan after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck close to the city of Hualien.
The quake hit about 14 miles northeast of the city shortly before midnight on Tuesday, and the epicentre was shallow at just 1km.
But the quake took down a multi-story building and an official from the Ministry of Interior’s fire station division told Reuters that people were trapped.
A hotel has collapsed in Taiwan after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck close to the city of Hualien.
The quake hit about 14 miles northeast of the city shortly before midnight on Tuesday, and the epicentre was shallow at just 1km.
But the quake took down a multi-story building and an official from the Ministry of Interior’s fire station division told Reuters that people were trapped.
The government said a bridge in the city on Taiwan’s eastern coast could not be used, and the structure of an inn had tilted during the earthquake.
“The president (Tsai Ing-wen) has asked the cabinet and related ministries to immediately launch the ‘disaster mechanism’ and to work at the fastest rate on disaster relief work,” the president’s office said in a statement after the Tuesday earthquake.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck nearby on Sunday.
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