Taiwan Earthquake Injuries Exceed 1,000

Hualien,4 Apr(ONA)---The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 today though the death toll remained steady at nine, with dozens of workers on their way to a hotel in a national park mostly now found safe.

The temblor, the strongest in 25 years, hit on Wednesday morning just as people were readying to go to work and school, centred on the largely rural and sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien, Reuters reported.

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