On February 6, 2016, a magnitude of 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan causing widespread damages to infrastructure and properties, The death toll was 116, of whom 144 were from one high rise residential building in Tainan city of Yongkang district. The rescue operation of the earthquake was declared over by the local governor on Feb. 13, 2016 Chinese Baptist Convention (Taiwan) has 223 local churches, of which 43 are in that district, and they are all safe
