Taiwan shaken by a double earthquake

AFP via Babelfish translation ^ | February 1, 2005

[HAL9000]

Two earthquakes shook Taiwan Tuesday, declared the services of seismology.

The first information announced neither material victims nor dégats.

A jolt of 5,2 degrees on the scale of Richter occurred with 09H59 (01h59 GMT). Its epicentre was localised to 15 km in the south of the metropolis of the East coast, Ilan, to 8 km of depth.

One second jolt magnitude 5,3 followed to 12H56 (04H56 GMT). It occurred to 11 km in the north of Ilan and to 75 km under ground.

More the violent one earthquake of the history of Taiwan, of 7,6 degrees on the scale of Richter, had occurred in September 1999, making 2.400 dead. The island is regularly shaken by seisms.

[Delta 21]

You did that on pourpose!

[Mount Athos]

a 5.0 quake is one ten thousanth the strength of the quake that caused the tsunami. Probably too small to even post here unless it drops a bunch of buildings and kills people. Huge numbers of these quakes happen each year.

[bd476]

Magnitude 5.0 - TAIWAN
2005 February 1 01:59:47 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A moderate earthquake occurred at 01:59:47 (UTC) on Tuesday, February 1, 2005. The magnitude 5.0 event has been located in TAIWAN. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 16 km (10 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 01:59:47 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 9:59:47 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	24.217°N, 121.745°E
Depth	15.5 km (9.6 miles)
Region	TAIWAN
Distances	30 km (20 miles) NNE of Hua-lien, Taiwan 45 km (25 miles) SSW of Su-ao, Taiwan 100 km (60 miles) SSE of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan 100 km (60 miles) SE of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 14.3 km (8.9 miles)
Parameters	Nst= 31, Nph= 31, Dmin=87.9 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Gp=140°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	ustzad

[Khurkris]

Never felt a thing.

[bd476]

When the news media reports it, it can be considered significant. Usually the media is a bit late in reporting a quake, if they report one at all.

[Junior_G]

Barely an earthquake.

[Delta 21]

..just razzing HAL for the goofy translation...

..more the violent one earthquake....

...scale of Richter...

...HAR HAR.....It is to laugh......

[bd476]

Earthquake Ping. Only one listed on USGS thus far.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Double your pleasure, double your tectonic tension...

[HAL9000]

Barely an earthquake.

Yeah, but it was a "double earthquake"!

What will they say when the supervolcanoes erupt? Krakatoa was barely a volcano?

[BreitbartSentMe]

Check out this site. I have it bookmarked at look at it everyday. It's really incredible to see how these earthquakes come in waves. The map is interactive, and when you move your cursor over a circle, it lists the date, time, location and magnitude of the quakes.

Here's the link: HERE

[BreitbartSentMe]

Well, that link was wrong, here's the one to the interactive map: HERE

[BreitbartSentMe]

Well, dangnabbit, forget trying to make it clickable, you'll just have to cut/paste: http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[oceanperch]

ya get the feeling that after the 9.0 quake/tsunami folks just numb to anything smaller : )


Thanks fer da ping now I will go check your other earthshakng ping.

[oceanperch]

WOW That is some heavy activity.

Usually bd posts that on the quake threads and to be honest with you that is like five times what usually shows up.

I read a link to the solar flares over the week end and the relation to earthquakes and volcanic activity.

I don't understand the science or if it is junk but a good coincidence all the same.

[oceanperch]

see post 12 whoa IMO

[Lijahsbubbe]

Awesome link! Thanks!

[uglybiker]

You did that on pourpose!

Hal is George Bush? (We all know that everything is Bush's fault.)