Buildings collapse, people trapped in 6.4 Taiwan quake.
Source: Straits Times
TAIPEI - A shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Taiwan's north-eastern coast late on Tuesday (Feb 6), causing numerous buildings to collapse and trapping many people in the rubble, Taiwanese media and the authorities said.
Many residents fled to the streets of Hualien county, the epicentre of the quake, in panic as buildings including a hotel buckled under the shock, Taiwanese media reported.
Images showed the lower floors of the Marshal Hotel have collapsed.
Read more: http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/shallow-magnitude-64-quake-strikes-taiwan-usgs
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Much like San Francisco's Marina district during the Loma Prieta earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42966916
