Rescue efforts continue as night falls in Taiwan

The search for survivors of the powerful 6.4 magnitude quake in Taiwan continued through the night. Five are still reported to be missing as of early Saturday night. (Photo grabbed from Reuters video)

 

(Reuters) — After hours of searching for quake survivors amongst the rubble of a 17-storey collapsed building in southern Taiwan, five people were still missing on Saturday (February 6) as darkness fell.

A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Tainan at around 4 a.m. on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday, February 5), the start of a Lunar New Year holiday.

At least eight people were killed.

Buildings in nine other locations in the city of 2 million people had collapsed but rescue efforts were focused on the apartment block, where six of the dead were found.

A major earthquake in central Taiwan in 1999 killed about 2,400 people and caused damage across the island, which lies in the seismically active “Pacific Ring of Fire”.

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