Taiwan earthquake injuries top 1,000, hotel workers still missing

HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with 38 workers on their way to a hotel in a national park still missing and others now found. The temblor, the strongest in 25 years, hit on Wednesday morning just as people were readying to go to work and school, centred on the largely rural and sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien. Taiwan's fire department said the number of injuries had reached 1,038, putting the total number of missing at 52.

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