Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN

USGS ^ | March 3, 2010

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Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN
2010 March 04 00:18:53 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time * Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 00:18:53 UTC
* Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 08:18:53 AM at epicenter

Location 22.900°N, 120.909°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region TAIWAN
Distances

* 33 km (21 miles) NW (308°) from T'ai-tung, Taiwan
* 70 km (44 miles) E (100°) from T'ai-nan, Taiwan
* 72 km (45 miles) ENE (62°) from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
* 921 km (572 miles) N (360°) from MANILA, Philippines

[caww]

Sounds beautiful where you live....we have deer galore..too many. Herds will walk right thru your yard. Many get hit by cars..fortunately most people only are shaken up but and serious.

Is your property near the “ring of fire”...the earthquake plates?

[Global2010]

We live in a few miles on this bay in a very rural rain forrest on the coastal foothills on the bay.

Our windows are butted up against our perches so the view is looking back at the West and all that in the pic lights up the bay down to the red light atop of the bridge at night.

When the lights go down in the City...(song plays often in my mind) : )

Very thankful for our rural peace filled home/property.

I just found this pic today looking for a view of the bus route we volenteered to do for the yearly non profit Seafood and Wine fest (19,000 people showed up).

The bottom of the pic white topped building and surrounding area is where the event was held.

We shuttled folks over the bridge for two days to their hotels/rentals so they could enjoy the wine and not have to drive.
We had so much fun and very good riders. : )

Gave KV (quad) a job he could do as bus steward for the riders and if he got tired or had medical issues we were in a position to just go home.

HE MADE IT the whole 2-10 hr days of work. So Proud of him and he had way too much fun. Lotsa hugs and kisses form the riders in Thanks to his volenteer efforts to get folks around safely.

[LadyDoc]

an earthquake hit northern Philippines yesterday, about a 6.1...

not our area, but half a dozen mild quakes in the last two weeks in the Philippines.

[caww]

Oh what a beautiful place...I did see the areas you mentioned

.. Pittsburgh has three rivers that converge right where the city is...when you come into the city thru the tunnel, which is in a higher hillside, it is an amazing view of water and city lights. So I can appreciate your view.

The wine and Seafood fest sounds great...and BIG! 19,000 is quite the crowd. Nice that Gave did the day so well...tsk tsk..course it was fun! You can never have too much of that and generally sleep well thereafter. What a really neat experience for him...and God is good.

I haven’t learned how to do pictures on Fr yet...all in good time. But if you google Pittsburgh Pa. or images of they always show the city.

[caww]

Not posting right will try this again...No I didn't know about the tin foundations..but I did see some city..maybe China who used garbage and trash as fillers in a huge bridge construction...you could see it on the ground after their quake!

[Tainan]

Yeah...I felt it. It was a very strong one. I was outside in our courtyard hanging up laundry (I want it done right - I do it myself) and @ 0819 it hit. And it hit strong. Powerful jolt, not sharp, and it continued for a good 20-30 seconds. Which can seem like a very long time.
Here in Tainan there was a broken water main about a 1/4 mile from my house. Not any other damage that I've found out about. Somethings falling off shelves and like that.
I've been here coming up on 6 yrs and this was the strongest one I've felt so far.
But fortunately, not much, if any, damage here.
My water was off for about an hour and a half...I think the mains close to my house have auto-shutoffs when there is a major pressure change.
Thats about it. Sunny and getting warmer.
Thanks for the concern...8-)

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks for the update.

Glad most is well.

[Tainan]

Thanks JJ.
Like I said, it was strong, but no real damage that I know of. Thats a bit surprising, but maybe because it was not a "sharp" strong...I dunno.

I do wish people would knock-off the "End of the World" stuff though.
A bit unsettling all that.

Coming up on 1530 hrs...life goes on.

post # 206 Steve.

[Tainan]

ping to post #206

[americanophile]

It's very quiet, and has been for some time...

"A study completed by Yuri Fialko has demonstrated that the San Andreas fault has been stressed to a level sufficient for the next "big one," as it is commonly called, that is, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or greater. The study also concluded that the risk of a large earthquake may be increasing faster than researchers had previously believed. Fialko also emphasized in his study that, while the San Andreas Fault had experienced massive earthquakes in 1857 at its central section and in 1906 at its northern segment (the 1906 San Francisco earthquake), the southern section of the fault has not seen a similar rupture in at least 300 years."

Tic, toc, tic, toc.

[Windflier]

Damn... maybe its time we all seriously consider moving, to Mars.

Or Texas!

I'm originally from shake 'n bake country, and know all about quakes. Haven't felt a single tremor since I moved to the Lone Star state.

[Windflier]

Earthquakes don’t have a season, like hurricanes, but I’m beginning to wonder....

I'm a California native. If you live there for a long enough period of time, you'll experience lots and lots of tremors. Maybe even a few good-sized quakes.

Over time, you start to sense something of a pattern in the timing, which causes some to think that there may be something to the "earthquake season" notion.

[Tainan]

After-shocks just hit @ 1617 hrs. Lasted about 10 seconds. Mild rolling.

[Jemian]

Please put me on the Earthquake Ping List. I don’t know why, but I love earthquakes (as long as they’re not too large!).

[Jemian]

Gaia is angry. We must appease her by throwing Al Gore into a volcano.

I don't believe in Gaia, but let's throw him in anyway, just for the fun of it.

[Prince of Space]

Me too, Jemian! Here in Arizona, we get nada. After living in Cali for over 30 years, you get used to the rocking and rolling.

Mrs. Prince of Space

[Jemian]

Yeah, when I’m in Alabama we rarely get ‘quakes. Right now I’m in Papua, Indonesia and we sit on the convergence of three plates. Often we’ll get something that feels strong to us, but doesn’t make the 4.5 cut off list. That tells me that much of what we feel is the epicenter.

One time I took my sixth graders to the seismology office. They told me we get an average of 50 quakes a day, the overwhelming majority are too small for humans to feel.

[MrDaddyLongLegs]

Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On,
Motowns best,
song for the times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCt7Dwkq8kk
right from the mouth of Smokey Robinson

[onyx]

I'm a California native. If you live there for a long enough period of time, you'll experience lots and lots of tremors. Maybe even a few good-sized quakes.
Over time, you start to sense something of a pattern in the timing, which causes some to think that there may be something to the "earthquake season" notion.

I am too, (So. CA) and I loved earthquakes when I was a little girl. I still don't fear them, but of course I'm much more aware of their destruction. We rock, we roll. We wait. :)

[fivecatsandadog]

Volcano would regurgitate Al Gore.
Toss Obama down the tube.