That was strange tonight. I was working on progress reports on my living room sofa and heard the window to my kitchen rattle and felt the jolt. The report I was working on went flying out of my hands when I jumped up. What’s going on here? Three major shake-ups in one month?
don’t worry, IOU, the more small burps, the more pressure gets released down below. the big one aint coming for another 10o years or more. relax. this is just nature letting off steam . hiccups. go back to work. progress.
Glad I waited 'til last nite to see LOTR3 … great special effects 
first one of 2004, somewhere in Taiwan Island… could u feel it?
My God your quick. It just happened a few minutes ago. It was a quick jolt.
guanxi guanxi
Nice gentle swaying here. CWB is a little screwed up right now. Only the chinese grahpical report is up so far. It was off the Taidong/Hualian county line:
(edit: added english links, text reports still not up)
(edit: english text report is up now)
(edit: and now the chinese version is there too)
2004/01/01 11:15 Magnitude: 5.9 No.: 001 (0101111559001)
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4e/seismic/quake_e/EE0101111559001.gif
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4e/seismic/quake_e/EE0101111559001.txt
CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT
Earthquake No.: 93001
Origin time: (local time) 1/1/2004 11:15:18.5
Epicenter: 23.38N 121.62E i.e. 40.8 km NE of Chengkung
Depth: 17.8 km
Magnitude(ML): 5.9
Local largest intensity:
Hualien 5
Taitung 4
Miaoli 3
Taichung 3
Nantou 3
Changhua 3
Yunlin 3
Chiayi 3
Ilan 3
Changhua City 3
Hualien City 3
Suao Port 3
Taipei 2
Taoyuan 2
Hsinchu 2
Kaohsiung 2
Taipei City 2
Taichung City 2
Chiayi City 2
Miaoli City 2
Tainan 1
Pingtung 1
Pingtung City 1
Makung City 1
01月01日11時15分 規模:5.9 編號:001 (0101111559001)
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4/seismic/quake/EC0101111559001.gif
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4/seismic/quake/EC0101111559001.txt
中央氣象局地震測報中心 第001號有感地震報告
發 震 時 間： 93年 1月 1日11時15分18.5秒
震 央 位 置： 北 緯 23.38 °
東 經 121.62 °
震 源 深 度： 17.8 公里
芮 氏 規 模： 5.9
相 對 位 置：花蓮玉里地震站東 方 33.5 公里
各 地 震 度 級（最大地動加速度gal、方向）
花蓮地區最大震度 5級 台東地區最大震度 4級 南投地區最大震度 3級
磯 崎 5 ( 109, ) 成 功 4 ( 28, ) 合歡山 3 ( 21, )
鹽 寮 4 ( 39, ) 利 稻 3 ( 9, ) 名 間 3 ( 11, )
壽 豐 4 ( 36, ) 卑 南 1 ( 1, ) 日月潭 3 ( 8, )
西 林 4 ( 26, ) 埔 里 2 ( 2, )
花蓮市 3 ( 24, ) 魚 池 2 ( 2, )
太魯閣 3 ( 20, )
玉 里 3 ( 12, )
和 平 3 ( 12, )
新 城 3 ( 8, )
彰化地區最大震度 3級 雲林地區最大震度 3級 嘉義地區最大震度 3級
彰 師 3 ( 19, ) 草 嶺 3 ( 16, ) 阿里山 3 ( 15, )
員 林 3 ( 11, ) 古 坑 3 ( 8, ) 草 山 2 ( 7, )
大 城 2 ( 4, ) 四 湖 2 ( 2, ) 嘉義市 2 ( 7, )
大 埔 2 ( 3, )
苗栗地區最大震度 3級 台中地區最大震度 3級 宜蘭地區最大震度 3級
鯉魚潭 3 ( 11, ) 德 基 3 ( 10, ) 南 山 3 ( 9, )
三 義 3 ( 9, ) 台中市 2 ( 4, ) 蘇澳港 3 ( 8, )
南 庄 2 ( 3, ) 牛 鬥 2 ( 6, )
苗栗市 2 ( 2, ) 蘇 澳 2 ( 5, )
內 城 2 ( 4, )
桃園地區最大震度 2級 高雄地區最大震度 2級 新竹地區最大震度 2級
三 光 2 ( 6, ) 桃 源 2 ( 3, ) 竹 北 2 ( 3, )
甲 仙 1 ( 1, )
台北地區最大震度 2級 台南地區最大震度 1級 屏東地區最大震度 1級
五分山 2 ( 3, ) 楠 栖 1 ( 2, ) 屏東市 1 ( 1, )
台北市 2 ( 2, ) 東 山 1 ( 2, ) 三地門 1 ( 1, )
五 股 1 ( 1, ) 永 康 1 ( 2, )
指南宮 1 ( 1, ) 七股 1 ( 2, )
貢寮 1 ( 1, )
澎湖地區最大震度 1級
馬 公 1 ( 1, )
I’ve been here two months, and that’s been two perceptible tremors (in Taipei - I imagine they were rather more noticeable elsewhere 
). Does this kind of thing happen so often people get rather blase about it - “oh, earthquake, feels like a level 2, ho hum” or does it put you on major alert every time? I’m still diving under tables at the slightest shake 
I’m not overly fussed by flood, bushfire or typhoons… but earthquakes are a scary thought.
If you’re at work is there this whole “nope, the pictures are only swaying, not time to dive under anything yet” thing going?
Yeah, people are really used to it.
Today’s quake was so short, there was no time to think about it. The one a couple of weeks ago was a long-drawn out and very creepy one.
Also, remember, the higher you are, the worse it feels. I live on the 11th floor, so there every earthquake feels like a big one. People on the 2nd floor probably have a better perspective on how serious a quake is.
Hi All,
I’ve set up an E-Mail Alert system that mails out information about any earthquakes in the Taiwan region above 4.0 as reported by the CWB. These alerts usually go out within 5-15 minutes after an earthquake hits. You can subscribe to either English or Chinese language reports, or both. Messages are sent as plain-text with links to the graphical and text versions on CWB’s web site. Both are sent in Unicode/UTF-8 encoding. While most current mail clients support this encoding, you may have trouble reading the Chinese reports if your mail client doesn’t support this encoding.
To Subscribe:
English: tcp.com/mailman/listinfo/twquake-alert-en
Chinese: tcp.com/mailman/listinfo/twquake-alert-zh
Daasgirl, I can sleep through them now. If I feel some kind of shaking, I look at the string for the window blinds to see if it’s really an earthquake. Otherwise, it’s the kids jumping in the recess room or that damn construction site next door.
Aftershock? 9:38 AM. Just felt a little swaying, not to much though.
Very sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight post Valentine’s Day Jolt, around 9 thirty pm. I was in Page One. Ouch!
It’s all the fault of my roommate, the bastard. Shit, there they go again. Sixth time. How’s a bloke supposed to get any sleep?
This is the first one I’ve felt in a while. Just a little wobble in Taipei:
2004/05/01 15:56 Magnitude: 5.8 No.: 045 (0501155658045)
cwb.gov.tw/V4e/seismic/quake … 658045.gif
cwb.gov.tw/V4e/seismic/quake … 658045.txt
CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT
Earthquake No.: 93045
Origin time: (local time) 5/1/2004 15:56:13.3
Epicenter: 24.08N 121.52E i.e. 14 km NW of Hualien
Depth: 17.8 km
Magnitude(ML): 5.8
Local largest intensity:
Hualien 7
Ilan 5
Hualien City 5
Taichung 3
Nantou 3
Yunlin 3
Taipei 2
Taoyuan 2
Hsinchu 2
Miaoli 2
Chiayi 2
Taitung 2
Taipei City 2
Chiayi City 2
Changhua City 2
Ilan City 2
Tainan 1
Kaohsiung 1
Taichung City 1
05月01日15時56分 規模:5.8 編號:045 (0501155658045)
cwb.gov.tw/V4/seismic/quake/ … 658045.gif
cwb.gov.tw/V4/seismic/quake/ … 658045.txt
中央氣象局地震測報中心 第045號有感地震報告
發 震 時 間： 93年 5月 1日15時56分13.3秒
震 央 位 置： 北 緯 24.08A little wobble? Not from where I was sitting - on the 7th floor.
Luckily, I wasn’t at home, on the 13th floor. Would’ve scared me no end.
The Tv stations are giving completely unconfirmed reports about one person dead after hit by falling rocks in Taroko.
Awesome. Nice to have confirmation that I indeed wasn’t hallucinating earlier. That was a nice little rumble, but in a twisted way I’m still waiting for one that will compare to any of the big So. Cal quakes I’ve been through. 
I experienced my first earthquake this afternoon while my wife was getting her hair cut. It was really weird. I was waiting in a hand-shaped chair; suddenly I felt as though someone were tugging on the chair. I looked around and saw no one. Then the chair skipped a few inches across the floor. I looked up and saw all the dangling lights swinging around like mad. All the Taiwanese staff looked around and laughed. My wife did not even notice, and I had to tell her about it later. 
I was with my girlfriend so I though it was me. Or at least she thought it was me. So let’s not tell her about the earthquake to spare my male ego.
Wow, cool ac_dropout,
That must be the first time your girl has felt the earth move. 