Has Tallest Tower Caused More Quakes?

CNN.com, 3 Dec 2005 Seismic activity in Taipei has increased since the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, was built, raising questions over whether the Taiwan capital has become more vulnerable to earthquakes, a geologist said on Friday. According to Lin Cheng-horng, a geologist at the Institute of Earth Sciences at Taiwan's most prestigious think tank, the Academia Sinica, "There is a distinct possibility of earthquakes being triggered by the recent construction of the world's highest building, the imposing Taipei 101." Read more