The search for more than 600 trapped or missing people continues in Taiwan after the earthquake that occurred on Wednesday, April 3, the second most intense in its history.
According to the latest data from Emergency Response Center (CEOC)the earthquake has caused the death of ten people, the last of them a 65-year-old hiker buried by the rocks in the Taroko National Parkwhile another 1,067 have been injured.
Rescuers are concentrating their efforts on finding the more than 600 people trapped in this park, one of the main tourist spots in Taiwanwhich is difficult to access due to the poor condition of the terrain and the constant aftershocks.
The Central Meteorological Agency (CWA) has counted more than 400 aftershocks of the earthquake, all of them around the eastern county of Hualienthe area closest to the epicenter of the earthquake.
In addition, in the next few hours a front is expected that will leave “brief and localized” rains in the mountainous areas of central and eastern Taiwan, which will increase the “risk of landslides, rock falls and avalanches,” said the CEOC it’s a statement.
7,860 military, police and firefighters, as well as 16 aircraft and 710 vehicles, have been deployed to collaborate in rescue efforts.
The most intense earthquake since 1999
The earthquake, whose magnitude was 7.2 according to the CWA and 7.4 according to the United States Geological Surveyit was the most intense he has suffered Taiwan since September 21, 1999, when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed more than 2,400 people and injured more than 11,300.
Taiwan It sits at the confluence of the Philippine and Eurasian plates, so earthquakes are frequent on the island. EFE
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