Released its latest research indicates that according to National Taiwan University Department of Geological Sciences earthquake fault expert Professor Chen Wenshan and Professor Chen Yugao: current official data show that Taiwan earthquake fault is 42, but their research has found that the number of earthquake fault in Taiwan It may be as high as much as 50-70. And the frequency of years Taiwan earthquake of view, about every 10 years or so is likely to occur once the earthquake caused heavy casualties.

Fire is a minor earthquake disaster, but the extent of the harm is greater than sometimes ground shaking. In the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1923 Kanto Earthquake in 1995, Japan's Kobe earthquake damaged more than 90% of the building caused by fire.