Nine people died and more than 1,000 were injured in Wednesday’s tremor.
A police officer stands guard near a partially collapsed building a day after a powerful earthquake struck in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan
Six workers from another quarry were airlifted from the area where access was cut off because roads were damaged by falling rocks. Mayor Hsu Chen-wei previously said 48 residential buildings were damaged, some of which were tilted at precarious angles with their ground floors crushed. The island is regularly jolted by earthquakes and its population is among the best prepared for them. It also had stringent construction requirements to ensure buildings are quake-resistant.
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