A strong earthquake occurred at 01:16:04 (UTC) on Tuesday, September 6th, 2005. The magnitude 6.1 event has been located in the TAIWAN REGION. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 46 km (28 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time Tuesday, September 6th, 2005 at 01:16:04 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 9:16:04 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 24.087°N, 122.047°E
Depth 45.5 km (28.3 miles)
Region TAIWAN REGION
Distances
50 km (30 miles) ENE of Hua-lien, Taiwan
60 km (35 miles) SSE of Su-ao, Taiwan
120 km (75 miles) SSE of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan
135 km (85 miles) SE of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.2 km (7.0 miles); depth +/- 9.4 km (5.8 miles)
Parameters Nst= 74, Nph= 74, Dmin=47.6 km, Rmss=0.9 sec, Gp=104°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6