More than 600 people stranded after an earthquake in Taiwan

More than 600 people are still trapped by rockslides and damage caused by the April 3 earthquake in Taiwan.

Government agencies reported that a hotel in Taroko Park had about 450 of those stranded.

Taiwanese media reports said rescuers were trying to recover two trapped bodies found on Friday, a man, and a woman, without being able to identify them, while four people were still missing in the same area.

At least 12 people died after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s east coast, and 10 others are still missing.

Survivors said rocks fell on the roads, trapping residents in tunnels before rescuers arrived, and in the city of Hualien rescue teams had to demolish a building that leaned over the street at an alarming angle.

The relatively low number of deaths from such a powerful earthquake is due to strict building standards and extensive public education campaigns on the earthquake-prone island.

The earthquake is the strongest in the country in 25 years, as it struck the country in 1999 with a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that killed 2,400 people.

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