The only areas to escape without major damage were eastern Taiwan and Kaohsiung. The quake triggered a massive landslide on the eastern face of Chiufen Mountain # 2, a 1,174-meter peak near Kuohsing township in Nantou County, turning a once-verdant mountainside into a barren escarpment. The landslide dammed a creek and resulted in the formation of a small lake.
在南投國姓鄉九份二山的東側，標高一千一百七十四公尺的九份二山在崩下數以萬噸的土石流後，露出光禿禿的大面斜壁，原先是溪谷的韭菜湖溪則被大量的土石阻斷，變成一處小湖。