Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years kills 9 people, 50 missing

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News Politics • Earthquake kills nine more than 900 injured • Fifty on minibuses heading to national park missing• Epicentre just off Taiwan's sparsely populated eastCoast • Workers return to semiconductor giant TSMC facilities HUALIEN Taiwan April 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's biggestearthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people onWednesday and injured more than 900 while 50workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a nationalpark were missing. Some buildings tilted at precarious angles in themountainous sparsely populated county of Hualien near the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake whichstruck just offshore at about 8 a. mn. (0000 GMT) andtriggered massive landslides.

• Earthquake kills nine, more than 900 injured

• Fifty on minibuses heading to national park missing

• Epicentre just off Taiwan's sparsely populated eastCoast

• Workers return to semiconductor giant TSMC facilities

HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's biggestearthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people onWednesday and injured more than 900, while 50workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a nationalpark were missing.

Some buildings tilted at precarious angles in themountainous, sparsely populated county of Hualien,near the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake, whichstruck just offshore at about 8 a. mn. (0000 GMT) andtriggered massive landslides.

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