Taiwanese quake toll rises to two-thousand-375

The death toll from last month's Taiwan's devastating earthquake has risen to two-thousand-375, as aftershocks continued to rock the island.

Nearly 40 more bodies were recovered at the weekend with official figures still listing 79 people as missing or trapped in rubble.

Some 10-thousand people were injured and 100-thousand left homeless.

Taiwan's Seismology Center says nearly 13-thousand aftershocks had been recorded since the fatal quake on September 21st, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.

=A9 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation