Earthquake jolts Taiwan

Gulf Daily News ^ | Sunday, March 6th 2005

[M. Espinola]

TAIPEI: A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked high-rise buildings in Taiwan early today, the Seismology Centre said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake struck at 3.06am with its epicentre 6.2km north of the eastern coastal town of Suao and 8.5km underground.

A quake with a magnitude of 4.2 struck seven minutes before the major quake. There were a series of aftershocks including one measured at 5.00 on the Richter scale at 3:16am and one with a magnitude of 4.7 at 3:27am, the centre said.

[FairOpinion]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usvgay.htm

Magnitude 5.4 - TAIWAN
2005 March 5 19:08:00 UTC

[KoRn]

I can't believe the amount of earthquakes we are having under 'this Administration's watch'.


Bush's fault!

[M. Espinola]

Not to mention all the snowstorms too! lol

[sourcery]

Timezone translations of UTC event time:

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC [UTC])
Sun, 06 Mar 2005 08:08:00 +1300 (Pacific/Auckland [NZDT])
Sun, 06 Mar 2005 06:08:00 +1100 (Australia/Sydney [EST])
Sun, 06 Mar 2005 04:08:00 +0900 (Asia/Tokyo [JST])
Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:08:00 +0800 (Asia/Hong_Kong [HKT])
Sun, 06 Mar 2005 00:38:00 +0530 (Asia/Calcutta [IST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:08:00 +0300 (Europe/Moscow [MSK])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:08:00 +0200 (Asia/Jerusalem [IST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:08:00 +0100 (Europe/Amsterdam [CET])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:08:00 +0000 (Europe/London [GMT])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:08:00 -0300 (America/Sao_Paulo [BRT])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:08:00 -0300 (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires [ART])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:08:00 -0500 (America/New_York [EST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:08:00 -0600 (America/Chicago [CST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 12:08:00 -0700 (America/Denver [MST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:08:00 -0800 (America/Los_Angeles [PST])
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 09:08:00 -1000 (Pacific/Honolulu [HST])

[sbrogden]

I'm in Taiwan on business and was rudely awaken Sunday morning by my bed shaking and the TV cabinet rattling. I'm so glad you told me this is GW's fault. For sure all we need to know is who to blame for any given problem, rather than actually know the facts behind it.

Blissful in my new-found ignorance.

Heavy on the sarcasm :-)