Watch: Train standing in station sways during strong Taiwan earthquake

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and knocking some cars of a passenger train off the tracks.

There were no immediate reports of serious injuries to anyone. The quake was the largest among dozens that have hit the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening. AP quoted Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau as saying the epicentre was in the town of Chishang.

The three-story building, which had a convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones, collapsed in Yuli town. The 70-year-old man and his wife were rescued first, but it took longer to get to a 39-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter.


In Yuli again, a landslide caused by the quake trapped nearly 400 tourists on a mountain famous for orange day lilies.

In Dongli station, debris from a falling canopy on a platform hit a passing train, derailing six of its cars.

How bad the shaking was can be seen in a video shared by a senior journalist which showed what was happening inside a railway station in the area.

It showed buildings and power lines shaking, and a stationary train swaying from side to side as if rocked by a powerful wind.

"See how the train standing at the station started shaking during the earthquake? he wrote.