厦门—金门及其邻近地区的现代地震特征虽已有讨论，但是自1999年9月21日台湾西部集集发生大地震（M=7.3）之后，促使人们考虑厦金地区在未来大桥工程修成之后的长期运转过程中，是否有更大地震发生而受到波及？这就需要从厦金地区周边更大的区域来进行分析。文章试图从台湾海峡地震内部成因、大陆福建沿岸的地震和台湾造山带内经常发生的较大地震可能对本区造成的危害进行探讨。

It had long been discussed already about the characteristics of the recent earthquake of the Xiamen-Jinmen area. However,attention should be paid that a large shock unexpected before as the 1999 Chi-Chi Large Earthquake in Taiwan west-plain, would take place in this area and its neighborhood and affect the stability of the construction during the long duration after the completion and usage of the future Xiamen-Jinmen Bridge. The probability of such case should be considered from the study of the earthquake mechanism of the surrounding regions,i.e. the Taiwan Strait Basin,Taiwan region (Taiwan Island) and Fujian coastal region respectively. This paper describes and discusses the features of earthquakes occurred and will occur in any one of these 3 regions and how they would affect the Xiamen-Jinmen area wherein the Xiamen-Jinmen Bridge constructed.