The first step towards earthquake preparedness lies in "learning to live with earthquakes." As Huang Jenn-shin points out, the island of Taiwan owes its very existence to earthquakes, having been pushed up out of the sea by the collision of two tectonic plates. Taiwan's 51 known fault lines crisscross our little island like random sword strokes hacked into its face.
防範震災，第一步，是學習「與地震共處」，黃震與組長指出，台灣本來就是個因板塊推擠而成的「震生島」，目前已知的五十一條斷層線，猶如五十一道長短縱橫、任意割劃的刀痕，將小小台灣劃得面目全非。