Taiwan earthquake survivors recall destruction, rescue from sealed tunnels

Residents of Taiwan recall the events of the recent earthquake, theie strongest in 25 years. Some people watched their homes fall apart, others were trapped beneath rocks.

The quake’s epicenter was just off the coast of eastern Hualien County, a rural area known for tourism and rice paddy fields, but also the site of frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was 7.2 magnitude while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4.

These are the recollections shared by some survivors of the disaster: