How many people were killed in the Hualien earthquake in Taiwan?

The Hualien earthquake in Taiwan has caused 1 1 deaths.

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On February 9th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 occurred in Hualien on the evening of 6th, causing four buildings, such as Commander-in-Chief Building, Yunmen Cui Di Building, No.2 Building of Sixth Street in Guo Sheng and No.41Residential Building of Sixth Street in Guo Sheng, to collapse. Search and rescue personnel have found a body in 2 13 of Cui Yun Mansion Hotel, whose sex is unknown. It should be one of the Canadian couples. At present, the number of earthquake victims has increased to 1 1.

According to the search and rescue personnel, Room 2 13 should be two Chinese Canadian couples, and five mainland tourists should be in Room 20 1. At present, the latest progress in search and rescue, search and rescue personnel have entered room 20 1, and found He Fenghua's bag and Yang Jie's certificate.

As for the Canadian couple's room 2 13, their clothes and Hong Kong dollars were found in the room, but no two people were found. Now the search and rescue personnel have found a body of unknown sex.

Search and rescue personnel continue to search and rescue, hoping to find the missing person as soon as possible.

According to earlier reports, the 72-hour gold search and rescue of Yunmen Cuiti Building in Hualien, Taiwan has been going on, and the search and rescue personnel have made progress since 2 1 on the evening of the 8 th. However, the route of Room 20 1 where four large1landers were located was crushed by a large floor, which became the biggest obstacle to search and rescue operations. In addition, the Canadian couple's room 2 13 was strongly squeezed by the third floor, and the search and rescue personnel decided to attack from upstairs with an electric drill.

According to the monitoring system, the search and rescue personnel re-tracked the whereabouts of seven people who lost contact on the second floor of Cui Yun Beautiful Life Hotel. Yang Jie, Ding Wenchang, Ding Shouhui, He Fenghua and Yang Haoran stayed in Room 20 1 Luke, and a Canadian Hong Kong couple named Peter So and his wife stayed in Room 2 13.

According to statistics from Taiwan's Hualien Disaster Response Center, as of 7: 00 pm on the 8th, the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan had caused 1 1 death, 272 people were slightly injured and 6 people were still missing. Search and rescue personnel are continuing to rescue. The identity of a mainland female tourist killed in the earthquake was confirmed. Up to now, the number of mainland tourists killed has risen to four.

Earlier, SEF announced earlier that the number of mainland guests missing in the Hualien earthquake had increased to five. It is pointed out that these five people are three generations of five people from the Luke family who live in the "Beautiful Life Hotel" in Cuidiyunmen.

According to reports, the Straits Exchange Foundation informed the media liaison group at noon today that up to now, the strong earthquake in Hualien has caused four land passengers to die, and the number of lost land passengers has increased to five. At present, SEF is cooperating with the families of the victims to obtain relevant documents and go to Taiwan to deal with the aftermath.

According to informed sources, the five people who lost contact were Ding Wenchang, 76; He Fenghua, 75; Jie, 39; Ding Shouhui, 40; and Yang Haoran, 0/2 years old. The family went to Taiwan Province for a free trip and stayed in Room 203 of Beautiful Life Hotel.

According to reports, the land passengers confirmed dead at present are 40-year-old women from Xiamen, Fujian, 47-year-old women from Guangzhou, Li, 19-year-old women, and 50-year-old women (origin to be determined), all of whom are free travellers. Song Jiaxiang, Liu Lu and Luke, who had been slightly injured before, were treated according to their wishes and requirements, and were assisted by SEF to fly back to land on the 8th.