How Did Taiwanese People Learn to Live with Earthquakes and Typhoons?
A Staggering Number How did Taiwanese people learn to live with earthquakes and typhoons? The Revised Taiwan Provincial Chronicles contains a set of numbers that might leave you speechless: Between 1909 and 1982, Taiwan recorded 17,564 felt earthquakes and 62,542 unfelt tremors. That’s an average of two felt earthquakes every three days. You read that right. On April 21, 1935, an earthquake killed 3,276 people. 12,053 were injured. 17,907 buildings were completely destroyed. ...