A young girl has been pulled alive from the deep debris caused by a life-shattering earthquake that ravaged a town in Taiwan.
The little girl being rescued from the rubble
An eight-year-old girl has been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building more than 60 hours after an earthquake hit Taiwan.
According to Mail Online, the girl, named as Lin Su-Chin, was reportedly found conscious on the fifth floor and taken to hospital today.
Rescuers say about 170 people have been saved from the building, which folded like a pack of cards when the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 4am local time on Saturday.
Mayor Lai Ching-Te said he had briefly exchanged words with the little girl: "She is awake, but looks dehydrated, lost some temperature but she's awake and her blood pressure is okay.
"I asked her if there's anything wrong with her body. She shook her head."
Among the survivors was a woman named Tsao Wei-ling, found under the body of her husband who had shielded her from a collapsed beam, it was reported.
Her husband and two-year-old son were found dead, while five members of her family remained unaccounted for, according to Taiwan's government-run Central News Agency.
She was found after crying out "here I am" as rescuers dug through to find her.
More than 100 people are still believed to be buried in the debris after the earthquake, which happened during the most important family holiday in the Chinese calendar - the Lunar New Year.