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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/04/20 19:20
Universal datetime 2015/04/20 11:20
Latitude 23.62 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 121.71 ° ± 6 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Taipei  157 7.8719e+06
Kaohsiung  184 1.519711e+06
Fuzhou  366 1.17972e+06
Taichung  120 1.040725e+06
Tainan  169 764147
Hsinchu  152 404109
Keelung  168 397515
Putian  339 376558
Hualien  42 350468
Quanzhou  349 184143
Taitung  112 110941
Nantou  110 105682
Douliou  120 104723
Yilan  125 94188
Magong  217 56435

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.11
Azimuthal gap 94.69 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 11:21:10.52 1.65 351.76 1.37 Automatic
IU CHTO P 11:25:37.12 1 261.58 21.74 Automatic
IU ULN P 11:26:24.27 -0.81 337.96 26.9 Automatic
II TLY P 11:27:03.42 -0.79 338.27 31.3 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 11:28:13.24 0.17 316.25 39.25 Automatic
IU MA2 P 11:28:30.92 1.14 21.87 41.32 Automatic
IU PMG P 11:28:29.92 0.72 140.08 41.35 Automatic
II AAK P 11:28:46.27 0.66 307.91 43.18 Automatic
II NIL P 11:28:47.17 0.53 294.7 43.28 Automatic
II WRAB P 11:28:58.57 -1.46 163.16 45.27 Automatic
IU TIXI P 11:29:22.62 -1.94 3.02 48.19 Automatic
II BRVK P 11:29:26.37 -0.56 321.09 48.43 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:29:37.37 1.58 149.3 49.83 Automatic
IU BILL P 11:29:53.22 -1.02 19.47 52.06 Automatic
IU NWAO P 11:30:24.97 -0.8 184.49 56.71 Automatic
II KIV P 11:31:33.87 0.78 309.43 66.19 Automatic
II MSVF P 11:31:50.37 2.1 121.76 68.8 Automatic
IU COLA P 11:31:49.47 -0.55 27.07 68.91 Automatic
II ABPO P 11:33:15.27 -0.52 246.3 84.19 Automatic
IU CASY P 11:33:42.2 -1.45 184.47 90.3 Automatic
II FFC P 11:33:59.42 -0.43 23.55 93.18 Automatic