The Island of Taiwan is at the collision zone of Euroasian and Phillippine Sea Plates, resulting in numerous faults and earthquakes in the process of the Island's formation. Wide range of causes causing diastrous damages during the Chi-Chi Earthquake, including code, regulations, design, construction to disaster prevention system, etc. Regarding geotechnical engineering, in addition to thorough site investigation, the ”near fault seismicity study” is imperative for Taiwan's seismologists; the earthquake effect on the earth pressure, water pressure, liquefaction potential analysis and its mitigation measures should be considered seriously; and the design spectrums for both the Maximum Credible Earthquake and the Maximum Probable Earthquake spectrums considering the geologic formation and site soil conditions should be included in geotechnical site investigation reports for structure engineers' use in the design.