In 1999, Taiwanese scientists surprised global earthquake experts by providing data on the Chichi Earthquake just 102 seconds after it occurred, and their Rapid Earthquake Information Release System (RTD) has only improved since then. In fact, local scientists expect to cut the RTD's reporting time to 35 seconds by the end of this year, and just 30 seconds by the end of next.
早在 921 大地震時，我國即以 102 秒的地震測報速度，令世界各國的地震專家驚嘆不已；其後測報速度更逐年加快，預估今年底前已可縮減至 35 秒、明年底前則為 30 秒。