台湾地震死亡人数上升到55人

TAIPEI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday had climbed to 55 as of 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, with more than 80 people missing.

The collapse of the Wei Guan building, the most seriously damaged, accounted for 53 of the deaths, according to an official update on the casualties.

The quake, which the China Earthquake Administration said had a magnitude of 6.7, hit Kaohsiung city at 3:57 a.m. Beijing Time on Saturday, just two days ahead of the Lunar New Year. local monitoring authorities put the scale of the quake at 6.4.

TAINAN, Feb. 10, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers dismantle Wei Guan Building, which collapsed during a strong earthquake, in Tainan, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 10, 2016. The death toll in the collapse of the Wei Guan building has risen to 44 people. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

TAINAN, Feb. 10, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers dismantle Wei Guan Building, which collapsed during a strong earthquake, in Tainan, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 10, 2016. The death toll in the collapse of the Wei Guan building has risen to 44 people. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

TAINAN, Feb. 10, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers dismantle Wei Guan Building, which collapsed during a strong earthquake, in Tainan, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 10, 2016. The death toll in the collapse of the Wei Guan building has risen to 44 people. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)