Hotel wall destroyed in Taiwan quake

Hotel wall destroyed in Taiwan quake

NANTOU, Taiwan - The wall of a hotel in Nantou, central Taiwan, crumbled when a devastating earthquake hit the area Sept. 21. The quake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale may be the worst temblor in nearly a century in Taiwan, killing at least 1,772 people.

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