Building collapses and landslide traps tourists on mountain after Taiwan quake

A collapsed residential building following an earthquake in Yuli township in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan (Hualien County Fire Department via AP)

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-storey building, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island’s south-eastern coast since Saturday evening, when a magnitude 6.4 quake struck the same area.