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The death toll has risen to seven after a severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan, the Central Emergency Operation Centre (CEOC) said on Wednesday. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake centred about 25 kilometres south-east of Hualien in eastern Taiwan triggered several landslides in the rugged east coast region of the island. According to the CEOC, the seven victims were killed in a tunnel on the Dekalun Trail in a mining area in Hualien County. There were 736 people injured, and 77 people remain trapped in tunnels, the CEOC said. In the Chongde Tunnel in Taroko National Park, a group of people inc…

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