More than 400 people are still unaccounted for 72 hours after Taiwan's strongest earthquake and the "golden hour" for rescue efforts has passed.
Taiwan's Central Disaster Response Center said that as of 6 p.m. local time, six people were still missing, while 442 others were isolated and awaiting rescue, Taiwan Free Times reported.
Rescue teams believe that three of the missing are likely to be under a pile of rocks in Tai Luger National Park, a popular tourist destination near the epicenter.
This is where three people were recently found dead, and most of the isolated people are also in Tai Luger National Park.
Tairougou National Park is home to 27 of Taiwan's 100 peaks, with the highest peak reaching an elevation of 3,742 meters, making rescue difficult.
The number of injured was reported at 1,145.
Continued aftershocks are also slowing down rescue efforts.
According to Taiwan's Central Meteorological Bureau, there were a total of 635 aftershocks by 5 p.m., with 143 aftershocks that were clearly felt.
According to the Associated Press, rescue and search operations were canceled on the afternoon of the 5th due to aftershocks.
Taiwan was struck by a 7.2 magnitude (7.4 by the European Central Seismological Center-U.S. Geological Survey) earthquake at 7:58 a.m. on March 3.
Taiwanese authorities said the quake was the largest since a 7.6 magnitude quake on September 21, 1999, which killed about 2,400 people.
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