Strong earthquake rocks Taiwan


A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan yesterday, toppling a three-storey building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

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.

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