In Pictures: Taiwan searches for the missing after deadly earthquake

As families gathered for Chinese New Year celebrations in southern Taiwan on Saturday (Feb 6), a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area and caused more than a dozen buildings to collapse. At least 18 have been killed and some 130 people are reportedly still missing. Around 800 troops have been mobilised to help the rescue effort and search is still underway for survivors trapped in the buildings.

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Feb 07, 2016, 10:56 AM

Firemen rescue a baby from a collapsed building in Tainan City, Taiwan on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Chinese lanterns hang overhead as search is underway for survivors trapped in a collapsed building, following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Tainan City, Taiwan, on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers continue to search for survivors from a collapsed building in Taiwan following an earthquake, on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers lift a victim as search is underway for survivors after an earthquake strikes southern Taiwan, on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers carry a survivor from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Tainan City, Taiwan, on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers remove obstacles as they continue to search for survivors trapped in a building following an earthquake in Taiwan, on Feb 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers continue searching for survivors trapped in a collapsed building in Tainan City, Taiwan on Feb 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescuers continue searching for survivors trapped in a collapsed building in Tainan City, Taiwan, on Feb 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Rescue workers transport a body from the site where a 17-story apartment building collapsed after an earthquake hit Tainan, southern Taiwan on Feb 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo of a child is seen among the ruins of a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed after an earthquake hit Tainan, southern Taiwan on Feb 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A relative of a missing victim rushes to take a look at survivors saved by rescue workers, after an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan on Feb 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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