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Death toll from Taiwan killer quake rises to four
by Staff Writers
Taipei (AFP) June 03, 2013


The death toll from a 6.3 magnitude earthquake which rocked Taiwan at the weekend has risen to four, officials said Monday.

The quake, which violently shook buildings in the capital Taipei on Sunday, sent people running into the streets and was felt in Hong Kong, more than 700 kilometres (435 miles) away.

After the National Fire Agency reported an initial death toll of two people, rescuers found the body of a man previously listed as missing, and a victim injured by falling rocks later died in hospital.

Three of the victims were killed in central Nantou county, the epicentre of the quake whose magnitude Taiwan's Seismology Centre measured at 6.3, while the US Geological Survey put it at 6.2.

Tremors caused widespread landslides in the mountainous county, as well as cracks in roads and along the walls of houses.

Television stations reported panic-stricken shoppers running out of a 12-storey department store in the central city of Taichung.

Nantou county was the epicentre of a 7.6 magnitude quake in September 21, 1999, that killed around 2,400 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island's recent history.

In late March this year a strong earthquake in the same vicinity as Sunday's tremor killed one person and injured 86 others.

Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes.

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Strong quake kills two, injures 21 in Taiwan
Taipei (AFP) June 02, 2013
A strong earthquake hit Taiwan on Sunday, leaving two dead, one missing and 21 others injured, officials said. The quake, which violently shook buildings in the capital Taipei, sent people running into the streets and was also felt in Hong Kong, more than 700 kilometres (435 miles) away. Taiwan's Seismology Centre measured the quake's magnitude at 6.3, while the US Geological Survey put ... read more


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