At that time the crushing together of the Philippine plate and the Eurasian continental plate caused the volcanoes in the Tatun area of northern Taiwan to erupt violently, with the lava continuing to spurt until just 300,000 years ago.
兩百八十萬年前，因為菲律賓板塊與歐亞大陸板塊的擠壓，台灣北部大屯系火山瘋狂似地劇烈爆發，炙熱噴發的岩漿一直持續到三十萬年前才停止。