In Kuohsing Township itself, the Chichi earthquake destroyed or partially destroyed nearly 4,000 buildings and left more than 100 people dead. Another 22 persons are still missing and presumed buried by landslides that swept down from Chiufen'erh Mountain.
國姓鄉在九二一地震後，全倒與半倒房屋近四千棟，傷亡人數一百多人，另外尚有二十二個失蹤人口被掩埋於九份二山下，至今無法挖掘出來。