Many studies of the seismo-ionospheric coupling effects have been reported. On 17 July 1998(M=6.2), 20
September 1999 (M=7.3) and 22 October 1999 (M=6.4) three large earthquakes respectively struck Rei-Li,
Chi-Chi and Chia-Yi in central Taiwan. The three earthquakes severely damaged structures, heavily
changed landforms and disturbed geophysical environments. This paper examines variations of the
ionospheric penetration frequency, foF2, observed by Chung-Li ionosonde station (25.0 ° N, 121.1 ° E)
several days before the three earthquakes. The mean- and median-based statistical techniques are
introduced to investigate the ionospheric electron density prior to the three earthquakes. Results show
that thefoF2 decrease significantly before the three earthquakes.