Earthquakes occur relatively frequently in Chiayi, for example, which is on the cusp of the Peikang High.
日後板塊在台灣雕刻出一列列山脈，此地卻如擎天柱屹立不搖，被推擠過來的山脈在此明顯彎曲，雲林、北港一帶受到高地的福蔭庇佑，地震頻率相對較低。北港高區雖不動如山，與它交界之處卻是最易囤積大地能量引發地震之處。