The Kuangfu Junior High School was right on a fault line; its classrooms collapsed and its athletic field was cleaved in two when part of it was pushed upwards by two meters.
原光復國中倒塌的教室、隆起的操場，由於位在斷層帶上，土地撕裂嚴重，隆起兩公尺高，因此被原地保留，規劃為地震教育園區，一旁興建了一座地震博物館，陳列地震史蹟文物。