Taiwan sees "widespread damage" from 6.8-magnitude earthquake

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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's southeastern coast on Sunday, collapsing a three-story building in the town of Yuli,

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derailing a train and stranding hundreds of tourists on a mountain, according to its state-run news agency. The quake caused

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"widespread damage" to infrastructure in Hualien and Taitung counties but no serious injuries were immediately reported. Search

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and rescue personnel saved four people from the collapsed building in Yuli and three people trapped in the debris from the collapsed

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Gaoliao Bridge west of the town. Around 400 tourists were evacuated off of Chike Mountain outside of the town after the quake

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destroyed electricity lines in the area, leaving more than 7,000 households without power. The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center briefly issued a tsunami

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warning after the quake but lifted it an hour later. Japan's Meteorological Agency also issued a tsunami advisory for parts of Okinawa

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Prefecture. By the numbers: The region was hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on Saturday and more than 70 quakes that were

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previously recorded as aftershocks but were reclassified as foreshocks. The United States Geological Survey recorded Sunday's quake as 6.9 in magnitude.

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