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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/27 22:53
Universal datetime 2016/04/27 14:53
Latitude 20.58 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 120.51 ° ± 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
Kaohsiung  229 1.519711e+06
Taichung  396 1.040725e+06
Tainan  270 764147
Xiamen  497 578337
Hsinchu  472 404109
Hualien  394 350468
Baguio City  459 272714
Tuguegarao  352 115105
Taitung  250 110941
Nantou  370 105682
Douliou  347 104723
Laoag  263 102105
Yilan  479 94188
Magong  345 56435
Vigan  333 48545

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.96
Azimuthal gap 87.02 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 14:54:58.7 -1.67 11.52 4.49 Automatic
IU CHTO P 14:58:33.44 4.5 268.77 20.36 Automatic
IU MAJO P 14:58:52.27 4.04 40.25 22.21 Automatic
IU GUMO P 14:59:13.32 3.77 102.82 24.28 Automatic
II KAPI P 14:59:19.52 -0.56 181.75 25.6 Automatic
IU ULN P 14:59:52.32 -2.25 341.44 29.37 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:00:19.30 1.54 29.21 31.98 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:01:32.7 -0.94 319.22 40.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:01:42.77 -4.53 160.62 42.72 Automatic
II AAK P 15:02:03.17 1.53 310.66 44.25 Automatic
II KURK P 15:02:02.22 -1.14 322.9 44.49 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:03:21.22 -4.29 19.06 55.31 Automatic