In the September 21 earthquake of 1999, 168 of the 369 homes in Taumi were completely destroyed, and another 60 seriously damaged. Even Chi Nan University, which had opened only four years earlier (in 1995), was affected severely.
民國八十八年的「九二一地震」，桃米里三百六十九戶人家就有一百六十八戶全倒、六十戶半倒，就連新建完成的暨南大學也災情慘重。