The Earthquake Struck Taiwan, Victims Still Counting.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked southern Taiwan on Saturday morning, February 6, 2016. As a result of four buildings in the area collapsed.
One is an apartment building consisting of 16 floors consist of 200 residential units. In fact, the family who lived in the apartment preparing a Chinese New Year celebration.
rescuers have been deployed and are currently still reach people trapped in the rubble. Thanks to these efforts, more than 220 people can be saved.
According to information from the National Fire Agency, the current death toll has increased to 14 people. One of those killed was a 10-day-old baby girl. He included 12 deaths were discovered when one of the apartment buildings collapsed.
Meanwhile, two other fatalities were children. They found the firefighting team rubble of buildings in other areas. Meanwhile, 20 people were feared still trapped under the rubble.
Deputy Fire Chief Bureau of Tainan, Liang Chuan-shun, saying they race against time to evacuate. They will continue to search. The death toll is predicted to continue to grow, because 156 people were reported still missing contacts.
Based on information from the US Geological Survey, the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers. This earthquake is known to be potential to cause a tsunami.
The earthquake occurred a few times in Taiwan. In 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale centered in the middle part of Taiwan killed more than 2,300 people.
