A few decades later Kukeng Rural Township again experienced a major earthquake. This was followed not by the appearance of any natural lake, but by a series of reconstruction activities. For example, people went back to rediscover one of the area's main economic products from the Japanese era-coffee-and other resources with which to attract tourists.
數十年後的古坑鄉，再次經歷了一次大地震，這次沒有天然巨潭的出現，卻有一連串造鄉重建的行動，譬如回頭挖掘出日據時代古坑重要經濟作物「咖啡」，創造觀光資源。