Saturday, February 6, 2016

6.4 EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTHERN TAIWAN - A LARGE CITY WITH TALL STORY BULDINGS TOPPLED AND COLLAPSED - REMISNISCENT OF WHAT TO BEFALLS SAN FRANCISCO CA

A shakemap of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake detected in a depth of 10 kilometers some 22 kilometers northeast of Pingtung, Taiwan at 03:57:26 on 06 February 2016 local time   Photo: EPA/USGS
Tainan city's fire department said earlier that it was on its way to the site of one building that had partially collapsed and Liu Shih-chung, an official with the Tainan City Government, said the city had set up an emergency response center.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/12143654/Taiwan-hit-by-6.4-magnitude-earthquake.html

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