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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan early Saturday

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Rescue personnel work at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed after an earthquake hit Tainan, southern Taiwan.Tyrone Siu/Reuters

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Rescue personnel help a child rescued at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed during an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan.Reuters

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Rescue efforts continue at the site of a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan.Ashley Pon/Getty Images

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A rescue worker brings down a victim from the collapsed Wei Kuan complex building in Tainan, southern Taiwan.Sam Yeh/AFP / Getty Images

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A survivor is transported by rescue workers at a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan early Saturday, toppling several buildings.Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

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Rescue workers search for victim at a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan.Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

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Monks pray next to a list of the patients near a collapsed building on February 7, 2016 in Tainan, Taiwan.Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

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Rescue personnel help a victim at a damaged building after an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan.Reuters

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Rescue personnel work at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed in an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan.Pichi Chuang/Reuters

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A survivor is transported by rescue workers at a collapsed building on February 7, 2016 in Tainan, Taiwan.Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

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