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Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) The aftershocks of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday are expected to decrease in magnitude and frequency over the next four weeks, with a slim chance of a magnitude 5 quake occurring by Wednesday, a seismologist said Tuesday.

An earthquake of at least magnitude 6.8 struck Taiwan on Sunday, derailing trains and causing buildings to collapse.

By Chen Hsin-yu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThere are three or four high-risk faults in the populous Chianan Plain （嘉南平原） beneath Chiayi County and Tainan, the Central Weather Bureau （CWB） said yesterday, declining to provide details to avoid causing panic.

Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) As of 11 a.m. Monday, more than 70 aftershocks were recorded following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Taiwan's southeastern Taitung County the previous day, including a magnitude 5.9 shock, and more are expected in coming days, according to the Central Weather Bureau's (CWB) Seismological Center.

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks. One person died and nine people had minor injuries, Taiwan’s Emergency Operations Center said. The magnitude 6.8 quake was the

Buildings have collapsed, trapping residents, as a powerful quake rocked Taiwan.

Authorities reported at least one fatalitiy after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked the self-governing island nation of Taiwan during the weekend. The tremor also caused damage to infrastructure and collapsed a three-story building where four people were rescued.

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-storey building and temporarily trapping four persons inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

On Saturday, a significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted southeastern Taiwan. There were immediate indications of damage and power disruptions.

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.