A tilted building caused by the 3 April earthquake is seen at Tucheng district in New Taipei City on 6 April. Photo: AFP / SAM YEH
Buildings shook briefly during an earthquake in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Monday.
Taiwan has been rocked by hundreds of aftershocks following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake which hit the east of the island on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people.
- This story was originally published by Reuters.
Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 and some of…
Four people caught in the 7.4 magnitude quake recall the moment it struck and how they survived. Video
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Thursday.
Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park are missing.
The quake, which hit duing rush hour in Taiwan, set off a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted. Video
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