More than 100 missing, 14 dead as strong quake rattles Taiwan

A woman is rescued from a collapsed building complex after an early morning earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. At least one high-rise residential building toppled and trapped people inside.
A woman is rescued from a collapsed building complex after an early morning earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. At least one high-rise residential building toppled and trapped people inside.

TAINAN, Taiwan — Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than 100 people still missing after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn, causing a high-rise residential building to collapse and killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds.

More than 340 people were rescued from the rubble in Tainan, the city hit worst by the quake.

The official CNA news agency reported that the quake killed 14 people and injured 484 others, according to statistics by Taiwan's rescue authorities. Most of the injured had been released from hospitals by Saturday night.

Authorities in Tainan said that of the 14 people killed in the quake, 11 were found at the ruins of the fallen building. Local media said the building included a care center for newborns and mothers, and a newborn, along with three other children, was among those confirmed dead in the disaster.

Authorities said two people were killed by falling objects elsewhere in Tainan.

CNA reported that 153 people remained missing. The number of missing was expected to drop because some of those listed might have been listed twice, hospitalized or not in the building at the time of the quake.

Read Sunday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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