In June 1984 a joint project involving researchers from the ROC and the U.S. installed ten seismographs on the east coast ocean floor in an effort to measure the "temper" of the fissure between the Alpide and Philippine plates.
直到去年六月，中研院才在國科會與美國國家科學基金會的經費支持下，與中油、台大海洋研究所和美國夏威夷大學合作，在東部海底裝設了十具海底地震儀，希望能摸清菲律賓板塊與歐亞板塊的「脾氣」，也更明確瞭解東部地震的分佈。