A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan today, toppling at least one building and trapping two people inside and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks at a station.
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area.
The epicenter was in the town of Chishang at a relatively shallow depth of seven kilometers, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said.
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A three-story building with a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones collapsed in nearby Yuli town, the island's Central News Agency said.