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Strong earthquake 6.4 mag, 21 km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan

Posted by admin on February 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.1578S, 121.6796WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.45 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6796 East, latitude 24.1578 North, depth = 9.45 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 15:50:41 / February 6, 2018 @ 3:50 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000chhc. Event ids that are associated: us1000chhc. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:50:41 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Keelung, Nantou.

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6796° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1578° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-06 15:50:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-06 16:17:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 91 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.26 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 676 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.079 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000chhc Id of event.
Event Code 1000chhc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000chhc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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