Omori 's figures give slightly different casualty rates , and very different statistics for building damage : The veteran missionary William Campbell wrote : The Japanese colonial authorities in Taihoku ( Taipei ) sent teams of medical personnel to assist , and Campbell reported that shortly after the earthquake reconstruction efforts were well advanced . At the time some writers suggested a link between the Meishan quake and the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake , which occurred a month later , while some religious groups linked it not only with the San Francisco disaster , but also an earlier earthquake in Cambria , Italy and other natural disasters as a sign of the end-times
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 Meishan earthquake