Most people in Taiwan were asleep at 1: 47 on the morning of September 21 when the island was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. By the time Sinorama went to press on September 29, the quake had caused over 10,000 casualties, including more than 2,000 deaths. Over 10,000 homes had collapsed.
九月二十一日凌晨一時四十七分，當台灣大多數民眾還在睡夢之中，一場規模七．三的大地震發生，直至二十九日發稿為止，有一萬多人在這場災變中傷亡，其中死亡人數超過兩千，上萬間房屋倒塌。