Rescue workers in Taiwan continue to pull people from the rubble after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island— causing landslides and shaking buildings off their foundations.
The quake damaged 48 buildings in Hualien Wednesday, including a five-story building that was left leaning at a 45-degree angle when its first floor collapsed.
As CBN News reported, the initial quake and aftershocks triggered more than 20 landslides, causing devastation along 35 roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Liu Zhong-da, a 58-year-old construction worker, and his colleague were on their way to work and were inside a tunnel when the quake hit.
A boulder blocked their exit and they were trapped along with some other people.
“We almost got covered up,” Liu said. “No communication could be made (to the outside world).” Liu and his colleague were rescued Thursday afternoon and received a quick medical checkup.
Rescue workers freed 24 people from the wreckage, some of them now taking temporary shelter in tents, including Hendri Sutrisno, a 30-year-old professor at Hualien Dong Hwa University.
He and his wife are staying put in their tents for now saying they fear aftershocks.
“We ran out of the apartment and waited for four to five hours before
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