According to preliminary data, 188. At the same time, some of the victims in critical condition. There are also a number of destruction.
According to China's central television, in a partially collapsed hotel Marshal Hotel in Hualien blocked 29 people. A total of five buildings collapsed. In 567 houses there is no electricity.
Also damaged is one of the major bridges connecting the city with the coastal highway.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, near the city of Hualien, located on the coast of Taiwan on Tuesday, February 6, there was a powerful earthquake. Its magnitude was 6.4 on the Richter scale. As reported in the Geological Survey of the United States of America, the hearth of the earthquake lay at a depth of five kilometers.