Two Australians among the missing after Taiwan earthquake

"The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of two Australians reported missing following the earthquake in Taiwan", DFAT said in a statement today.

The ground floors of some buildings collapsed, leaving them leaning at precarious angles. Though the island is regularly rattled by earthquakes and generally well prepared, authorities did not send out the usual alerts because they were expecting a smaller earthquake. One person was found dead in a damaged building and another was found in the Ho Ren Quarry. Rescuers also carried out the body of a man, who had severe wounds on his head, from a hiking trail.

"We almost got covered up," Liu said. "No communication could be made ." Liu and his colleague were rescued Thursday afternoon and received a quick medical checkup outside the park. In the city of Hualien on Thursday, workers used an excavator to stabilise the base of a damaged building, as chickens pecked among potted plants on the flat roof slanting at a severe angle.Hendri Sutrisno, a 30-year-old professor at Hualien Dong Hwa University, spent Wednesday night in a tent inside a shelter with his wife and baby, fearing aftershocks.

Taiwanese Premier Chen Chien-jen visited some earthquake evacuees in the morning at a temporary shelter.

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