A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning as a series of shocks hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future. The biggest of the quakes hit at 10.

Police have confirmed bones found in the mountains of Hualien County are a DNA match for a hiker who went missing when a 7.2 earthquake hit the area last year. The Australian-Singaporean man was with his wife at the time,

The farmer had spotted a piece of bone in a river bed located below an area where a landslide had occurred. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sim Hwee Kok and his partner Neo Siew Choo were last seen getting off a bus near the Shakadang Trail in Hualien county, shortly before the 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan triggered landslides and caused the ceilings of several homes to cave in, but photos of damaged buildings shared hundreds of times in social media posts were not taken after the quake on January 21.

The remains of a Singaporean man who died after an earthquake hit Taiwan's Hualien county last April have been found. 47-year-old Sim Hwee Kok's remains were discovered on Jan 11 by a farmer, reported Taiwanese news outlet China Times.

On Jan. 11, a man hiking near Taroko Gorge found what he believed to be human remains about 1.5 kilometers from the Shakadang Trail, according to UDN. After authorities analyzed the bones, they confirmed they belonged to 47-year-old Singaporean-Australian tourist Sim Hwee Kok, who had been declared missing after the devastating earthquake.

Taiwan is one of the most seismically active places in the world, and one of the most advanced when it comes to earthquake readiness.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Weather Administration issued a cold surge advisory from Monday to Tuesday night, with 20 counties and cities on the list.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.