Taiwan quake death toll rises to 9, over 1-K injured
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00:00 The killer quake that jolted and rocked the self-ruled island of Taiwan claimed nine lives thus far and a little over a thousand injuries.
00:08 Absolutely minimal numbers that reflect Taiwan's impressive state of preparedness in a densely populated piece of island where the casualty toll and damage count could have been far greater.
00:19 This includes the zero casualty and three injuries sustained thus far among the 150,000 strong Filipino migrant workforce.
00:27 The country's infrastructure has managed to hold sway against the powerful seismic force of the quake.
00:33 Six individuals managed to escape entrapment in a mining area when a rescue helicopter showed up.
00:39 Six F-16 fighter jets are nearly completely repaired after sustaining slight damage during the quake.
00:45 And a probe is on to determine how the nationwide alert system failed to reach all Taiwanese.