But will appointing people to spend time and money researching faults really give us control over them? After the Chichi quake rescue teams rushed to the scene of the disaster from across the island and around the world. Likewise geologists from north, south and central Taiwan mobilized to trace the fault. Yet these experts didn't all chart the fault lines the same way.
在九二一地震災區，除了各地救難人員蜂擁而至，北中南地質學者也全體總動員，循著斷層而來，不過，這些前來研究地質的專家，每個人畫出來的斷層線都不太一樣。