Taiwan: Thirteen killed, at least 155 injured after the earthquake – Gazeta Wyborcza

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The earthquake in Taiwan 5 people were killed and at least 155 were injured. (PATRICK LIN / REUTERS / REUTERS)

                  
                  
                  

                  
             

             
         
     
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

Thirteen of the victims swallowed up in yesterday's earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. Injured is 155 people, but the number may be twice as high - reported for service. Emergency situations in the city. Under the rubble are still people looking for services over a hundred missing.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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in Tainan, near which was the epicenter, collapsed several buildings, including the 17-storey skyscraper inhabited by 240 people. Under the rubble were killed thirteen people, including a girl ten months.

Local TV in Tainan announced that the building rescued a total of 221 residents. Under piles of rubble are still people, emergency services search the house in search of more than a hundred missing persons.

Networks water supply and gas in the city is seriously damaged - gives the agency Associated Press, relying on municipal services. Located in the south-west Gaoxiong Taiwan collapsed four low altitude buildings. Emergency services liberated from the rubble 30 people.

China offer assistance

The Center for Monitoring Tsunami in the Pacific (Pacific tsunami Warning Center) published a special message, which stresses that it does not expect a tsunami in the region as a consequence of the earthquake.

China has offered assistance in conducting rescue operations in Tainan. Taipei and Beijing are in constant contact. Established him almost immediately after noting shock.

Taiwan is located at the junction of two major tectonic plates, so the island is regularly harassed by the earthquake. In 1999. There was a quake with a strength of 7.6 on the Richter scale, which caused the death of 2.4 thousand. people. Last Friday before the earthquake took place in June 2013. Life then lost four people. There were numerous landslides and collapses of buildings.

         

         

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