Seven killed, 260 injured in Taiwan earthquake
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Updated: 2018-02-08 01:25
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TAIPEI - Seven people were killed and 260 were injured as of 10:00 pm Wednesday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Taiwan.
A female tourist from the Chinese mainland died at 9:00 pm Wednesday after treatment failed.
A total of 67 people are still missing.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake jolted waters near Hualien county at 11:50 pm Tuesday.
It was the most severe earthquake to hit Hualien in five decades, according to Fu Kun-Chi, the head of Hualien county.
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