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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/18 08:22
Universal datetime 2016/05/18 00:22
Latitude 23.64 ° ± 14 km
Longitude 121.06 ° ± 10 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  163 7.8719e+06
Kaohsiung  138 1.519711e+06
Taichung  69 1.040725e+06
Tainan  113 764147
Xiamen  317 578337
Hsinchu  131 404109
Keelung  179 397515
Putian  287 376558
Hualien  67 350468
Quanzhou  289 184143
Taitung  98 110941
Nantou  50 105682
Douliou  54 104723
Yilan  142 94188
Magong  151 56435

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.55
Azimuthal gap 216.16 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 00:23:15.77 3.06 16.36 1.39 Automatic
IU MAJO P 00:27:17.77 1.69 44.89 19.6 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:27:35.22 1.95 261.05 21.15 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:28:25.92 -0.49 338.78 26.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 00:30:12.27 -0.71 316.51 38.83 Automatic
II KURK P 00:30:40.92 -1.59 320.68 42.41 Automatic
II AAK P 00:30:45.47 0.3 308.03 42.7 Automatic
II BRVK P 00:31:25.62 -1.76 321.23 48.04 Automatic
IU BILL P 00:31:54.22 -4.84 19.65 52.25 Automatic
IU GNI P 00:33:32.82 4.58 304.9 64.91 Automatic
II KIV P 00:33:31.32 -2.18 309.33 65.72 Automatic