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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/12 11:17
Universal datetime 2016/05/12 03:17
Latitude 24.72 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 121.82 ° ± 4 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  43 7.8719e+06
Kaohsiung  280 1.519711e+06
Fuzhou  295 1.17972e+06
Taichung  132 1.040725e+06
Tainan  252 764147
Hsinchu  86 404109
Keelung  47 397515
Putian  294 376558
Hualien  85 350468
Taitung  229 110941
Nantou  146 105682
Douliou  172 104723
Yilan  8 94188
Ninde  316 65170
Magong  261 56435

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.81
Azimuthal gap 94.97 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 03:17:25.57 -0.95 310.53 0.39 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:21:33.42 1.07 46.03 18.35 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:22:13.92 1.05 258.97 22.02 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:22:49.32 -0.7 336.97 25.92 Automatic
IU YSS P 03:23:10.50 3.55 31.54 27.79 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:24:33.72 0.66 6.02 37.69 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:24:39.77 -1.06 315.26 38.54 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:24:54.67 -0.15 22.29 40.26 Automatic
II KURK P 03:25:09.97 0.3 319.64 42.02 Automatic
IU PMG P 03:25:09.57 0.28 141 42.13 Automatic
II AAK P 03:25:16.52 1.92 306.95 42.59 Automatic
II PALK P 03:25:18.82 1.43 253.16 42.97 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:25:38.87 -2.94 163.6 46.29 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:25:46.12 -3.62 3.02 47.08 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:25:53.22 -1.36 320.44 47.64 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:26:17.47 1.2 149.88 50.72 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:26:16.77 -3.21 19.74 50.99 Automatic
IU GNI P 03:27:58.62 0.4 304.61 64.86 Automatic
II KIV P 03:28:01.92 -0.93 309.06 65.58 Automatic
II OBN P 03:28:13.27 -0.48 321.84 67.29 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:28:18.32 0.96 27.28 67.88 Automatic
II RAYN P 03:28:21.17 -1.37 286.97 68.66 Automatic
II ABPO P 03:29:52.7 -0.11 246.25 84.73 Automatic
IU KMBO P 03:29:57.27 0.29 266.7 85.54 Automatic
II BFO P 03:30:02.87 3.66 322.32 85.89 Automatic
II MBAR P 03:30:26.67 2.53 269.91 91.24 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:30:19.87 -2.41 184.52 91.41 Automatic