Rescuers search for 140 missing in quake-hit building in Taiwan

Two people were killed and more than 100 injured in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake which jolted waters near Taiwan's Hualien County at 23:50 Tuesday. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the epicenter was monitored at 24.13 degrees north latitude and 121.71 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 11 kilometers. The earthquake was felt across Taiwan, and some buildings and roads in Hualien, in eastern Taiwan, were damaged. The quake caused the Marshal Hotel in Hualien to cave in. Three people were trapped in the building.

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