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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/16 10:53
Universal datetime 2020/08/16 02:53
Latitude 20.27 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 122.00 ° ± 5 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  530 7.8719e+06
Kaohsiung  318 1.519711e+06
Taichung  451 1.040725e+06
Tainan  356 764147
Hsinchu  515 404109
Hualien  414 350468
Baguio City  451 272714
Tuguegarao  295 115105
Taitung  290 110941
Nantou  427 105682
Douliou  410 104723
Laoag  273 102105
Yilan  497 94188
Magong  443 56435
Vigan  343 48545

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.21
Azimuthal gap 80.44 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TATO P 02:54:16.27 -2.46 354.42 4.73 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:57:13.52 0.33 12.15 17.67 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:57:56.82 -0.21 37.57 21.57 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:58:02.82 3.05 270.13 21.76 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:58:11.27 0.12 103.38 22.84 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:58:35.57 1.8 185.24 25.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:59:15.12 -1.88 339.83 30.13 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:59:33.20 3.23 27.51 31.58 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:00:57.82 -0.39 318.77 41.91 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:00:52.17 -4.81 162.5 41.98 Automatic
II KURK P 03:01:26.77 -1.04 322.5 45.59 Automatic
II KIV P 03:04:11.2 -0.26 310.53 68.56 Automatic
II RAYN P 03:04:21.19 -0.32 288.61 70.18 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:04:34.69 3.89 26.55 71.78 Automatic
IU KIEV P 03:04:54.62 -2.1 319.34 76.16 Automatic
GE KIBK P 03:05:45.77 1.06 265.68 85.16 Automatic