‘Seemingly endless’: Some 500 aftershocks continue to rattle Hualien in wake of Taiwan quake

Some 85 people are at a shelter housed in an elementary school near Hualien train station. - ST PHOTO: YIP WAI YE

HUALIEN, Taiwan (The Straits Times/ANN): A continual stream of aftershocks is complicating recovery efforts in Hualien as the authorities began on April 5 to demolish a precariously tilting building that has become the symbol of Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years.

For instance, a strong aftershock at around 1pm caused some alarm among onlookers when it appeared to make the 10-storey Uranus building in downtown Hualien City lean even further.