Call me crazy, but for years now, which is nothing in geologic terms of course, I've been waiting for 'a bit one' to hit southern Taiwan. The earthquake activity since January 20 is interesting. Earthquakes such as this one off the coast of Kaohsiung are not very common, and it took place during a string of quakes off the east coast, the most recent being today. (For the latest, see http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/earthquake/quake_index.htm).

It's impossible to predict quakes, other than to say that they will happen. But I believe there is a fault running north of Kaohsiung and another of the Hengchun peninsula that are both ripe for a major shift. Given all the major quakes in this region in the last decade, it would be silly to presume that we are not in a very active period.