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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/06 23:51
Universal datetime 2016/10/06 15:51
Latitude 22.54 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 121.38 ° ± 3 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  278 7.8719e+06
Kaohsiung  115 1.519711e+06
Taichung  193 1.040725e+06
Tainan  132 764147
Xiamen  398 578337
Hsinchu  256 404109
Keelung  290 397515
Putian  401 376558
Hualien  162 350468
Quanzhou  388 184143
Taitung  35 110941
Nantou  169 105682
Douliou  156 104723
Yilan  248 94188
Magong  217 56435

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.2
Azimuthal gap 61.92 °
Number of stations used 53
Number of phases used 53

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 15:52:38.72 -0.44 2.5 2.44 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:55:41.12 2.22 15.64 15.61 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:56:35.27 1.1 42.33 20.2 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:57:15.12 0.57 107.83 24.01 Automatic
II ERM P 15:57:39.32 1.19 37.92 26.65 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:57:45.72 0.24 183.5 27.6 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:57:46.72 -1.46 339.15 27.8 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:58:07.10 0.32 29.97 29.87 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:59:33.14 0.19 317.29 39.83 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:59:31.77 -1.17 6.06 39.9 Automatic
IU PMG P 15:59:38.97 -0.22 138.87 40.72 Automatic
IU PET P 15:59:46.85 -0.17 33.3 41.56 Automatic
II PALK P 15:59:53.2 2.24 255.15 41.98 Automatic
IU WAKE P 15:59:55.17 1.76 85.7 42.26 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:59:54.32 0.32 21.61 42.44 Automatic
II KURK P 16:00:01.82 -0.71 321.31 43.45 Automatic
II NIL P 16:00:03.47 0.27 295.74 43.47 Automatic
II AAK P 16:00:05.2 0.86 308.88 43.62 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:00:00.92 -1.73 182.22 43.72 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:00:05.37 -2.24 162.41 44.32 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:00:44.72 -0.32 148.47 49.05 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:00:46.57 -0.45 321.76 49.09 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:00:46.97 -1.1 3.1 49.29 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:01:16.87 -0.77 19.29 53.19 Automatic
IU MIDW P 16:01:32.19 0.07 70.46 55.06 Automatic
IU ADK P 16:01:32.27 -0.96 41.51 55.27 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:01:32.12 -0.85 184.21 55.6 Automatic
IU GNI P 16:02:46.37 0.86 305.37 65.78 Automatic
II KIV P 16:02:51.7 0.01 309.75 66.65 Automatic
II LVZ P 16:03:00.17 0.98 336.1 67.98 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:03:02.7 0.57 121.21 68.5 Automatic
II OBN P 16:03:02.62 -1.71 322.33 68.77 Automatic
II RAYN P 16:03:04.92 -0.61 287.65 68.92 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:03:04.2 -1.75 34.73 69.01 Automatic
II TAU P 16:03:07.92 0.71 160.02 69.67 Automatic
II MSEY P 16:03:11.37 0.85 255.74 69.84 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:03:10.72 -1.21 26.86 70.01 Automatic
IU KEV P 16:03:13.62 -0.72 338.52 70.42 Automatic
IU KBS P 16:03:21.67 0.69 348.98 71.52 Automatic
IU KIP P 16:03:35.92 1.33 73.1 73.72 Automatic
IU ANTO P 16:03:40.2 -0.53 307.31 74.74 Automatic
IU FURI P 16:04:13.12 3.78 275.52 79.91 Automatic
IU KONO P 16:04:13.82 -1.08 331.63 80.94 Automatic
II ABPO P 16:04:27.42 0.18 246.26 83.48 Automatic
IU KMBO P 16:04:36.62 0.89 266.7 85.01 Automatic
II BFO P 16:04:47.37 -0.37 322.24 87.37 Automatic
II ESK P 16:04:55.7 -0.53 332.06 89.04 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:04:52.77 -0.66 184.34 89.19 Automatic
IU SFJD P 16:04:59.27 -2.01 356.88 90.27 Automatic
IU COR P 16:05:04.42 0.95 40.08 90.7 Automatic
II MBAR P 16:05:04.12 0.49 269.69 90.82 Automatic
II FFC P 16:05:18.32 -1.73 23.43 94.3 Automatic
II PFO P 16:05:53.37 1.85 45.98 101.38 Automatic