While it is true that four reverse faults run through the Taipei basin as the result of ancient geological stresses, mountain-forming processes in this area have come to an end, and the faults in the Taipei basin are no longer subject to major stress. Geologists do not consider these faults very dangerous. An earthquake-free zone Tectonic activity has been classified into seven main types.
但台北人也不需過度擔憂，過去台北承受板塊撞擊出現的四條逆斷層，在時移勢轉，盆地已非造山運動下，壓縮逆斷層的力量已經消失，在地質研究人員眼中，四條斷層的威脅已大大減低。