Rescue workers search a collapsed building from an early morning earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, on Saturday. (AP Photo)
Tainan, Taiwan: A powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn Saturday, collapsing a high-rise residential complex and killing at least five people and injuring hundreds.
At least 230 people were pulled out from rubble, as rescuers raced against time to find dozens of others unaccounted for.
More than 1,200 firefighters and soldiers in the worst-hit Tainan city scrambled with ladders, cranes and other equipment to the ruins of a 17-floor residential building that folded like an accordion in a pile of rubble and twisted metal.
Local media said the building included a care centre for newborns and mothers.