The quake claimed 74 lives and was the eighth deadliest earthquake in twentieth century Taiwan.

The 6.1 ML earthquake struck at 06:47 CST on Thursday 5 December 1946, as people in the area were waking up and preparing breakfast.

Government geologists in Taiwan believe this fault may have been active a number of times during the (current) Holocene era.

[2] There was one major aftershock, on December 17, which measured 5.7 on the Richter scale but caused no additional casualties.

[3] Soil liquefaction and sand boils were observed in central Tainan County, and there was widespread damage to railways, roads, farmland, water pipes and bridges.