Mainland offers aid as deaths mount

Rescuers go into tilting Taiwan building amid aftershocks

HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescuers braved aftershocks on Thursday that were coursing through a dangerously leaning apartment block that was partially toppled by a deadly earthquake a day earlier.

At least 10 people were killed when a 6.5 magnitude quake struck the popular tourist county of Hualien, which has a population of about 100,000, on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. More than 260 were left injured, according to the local fire agency, which slashed the number of missing to 10.