Latest and strongest earthquake causes damage in eastern Taiwan

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes Hualien, collapsing a bridge and three-storey building and derailing a train

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story 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 south-eastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.

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