TAINAN, Taiwan (AP), Feb 6, 2016 — Authorities in southern Taiwan say more than 100 people are still missing after a strong earthquake caused a high-rise residential building to collapse.
Rescuers were racing to locate the missing after nightfall Saturday, hours after the quake struck before dawn. At least 13 people were killed.
Authorities say 475 people were injured, but 368 of them were discharged from hospitals by late Saturday afternoon.
China has offered assistance to Taiwan following a 6.4-magnitude in the south of the self-ruled island. According to China’s office handling relations with Taiwan, mainland officials have been in touch with their Taiwanese counterparts since shortly after the quake hit the southern city of Tainan. China considers Taiwan a renegade province.