Pretty strong one. Got the closet doors shaking.
I think there’s some undersea Internet cable damage, I can’t get to a lot of international sites for some reason…
According to CWB it was a 6.0 about 20km East of Taipei! Nothing on the news yet …
There was a long, but slight prequake this morning around 10am. I figured there’d be something bigger later today. Enough to make the closet doors sway.
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M 6.0 17.5 km E of Taipei City 2008-06-02 00:59 #041 (0602005960041)
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[code] CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT
Earthquake No.: 97041
Origin time (Taiwan Standard Time: GMT+08:00): 6/ 2/2008 0:59:24.0
Location: 24.95N 121.76E, i.e. 17.5 km E of Taipei City
Depth : 95.7 km
Magnitude(ML): 6.0
Local Largest Intensity :
Taipei County 3
Yilan City 3
Taipei City 3
Yilan County 3
Hualien County 3
Taichung County 3
Nantou County 3
Keelung City 2
Taoyuan City 2
Taoyuan County 2
Hsinchu City 2
Miaoli County 2
Hualien City 2
Changhua City 2
Changhua County 2
Douliou City 2
Yunlin County 2
Miaoli City 1
Nantou City 1
Taitung County 1
Chiayi County 1
Tainan County 1
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M 6.0 宜蘭市地震站北方 20.9 公里 2008-06-02 00:59 #041 (0602005960041)
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[code] 中央氣象局地震測報中心 第041號有感地震報告
發 震 時 間： 97年 6月 2日 0時59分24.0秒
震 央 位 置： 北 緯 24.95 °
東 經 121.76 °
震 源 深 度： 95.7 公里
芮 氏 規 模： 6.0
相 對 位 置： 宜蘭市地震站北方 20.9 公里
各 地 震 度 級
台北地區最大震度 3級 宜蘭地區最大震度 3級 花蓮地區最大震度 3級
五分山 3 宜蘭市 3 和 平 3
新 店 3 蘇 澳 3 太魯閣 3
台北市 3 花蓮市 2
坪 林 2 銅 門 2
貢 寮 2 鹽 寮 2
基隆市 2 秀 林 1
鞍 部 2 光 復 1
台中地區最大震度 3級 南投地區最大震度 3級 桃園地區最大震度 2級
德 基 3 合歡山 3 桃園市 2
東 勢 1 日月潭 2 三 光 2
外 埔 1 埔 里 1 中 壢 2
南投市 1
新竹地區最大震度 2級 苗栗地區最大震度 2級 彰化地區最大震度 2級
新竹市 2 獅頭山 2 彰化市 2
苗栗市 1 員 林 2
三 義 1 大 城 1
雲林地區最大震度 2級 台東地區最大震度 1級 嘉義地區最大震度 1級
斗六市 2 長 濱 1 阿里山 1
草 嶺 2 成 功 1 六 腳 1
四 湖 1
台南地區最大震度 1級
佳 里 1
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I think its very rare a quake with an epicenter so close to Taipei city? Only about 17km east of TAipei city???
Thank God it was very very deep. Still 3 in Taipei is very strong. But if it wasnt deep, it could be very serious because a six on the richter is a major quake.
hopefully no more strong ones coming?
Had forgotten the feeling of an earthquake in a high-rise building. If things hold true to pattern, you’ll get a big one in two days. They always happen 2 days after I leave the island. Hopefully not this time though.
I think the recent 6.8 shook things up a bit around Taiwan. So this quake couldve been related. There may be a few more around the island as the island settles down from the 6.8 (which is considered a major quake) and lucky that one too was very deep.
M 5.3, Taiwan 2008-06-01 16:59:23 UTC Z=87km 24.8608N 121.8399E
earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec … 08stb9.php
[code] == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Region: TAIWAN
Geographic coordinates: 24.861N, 121.839E
Magnitude: 5.3 Mb
Depth: 87 km
Universal Time (UTC): 1 Jun 2008 16:59:23
Time near the Epicenter: 2 Jun 2008 00:59:23
Local standard time in your area: 1 Jun 2008 16:59:23
Location with respect to nearby cities:
29 km (18 miles) N (358 degrees) of Su-ao, Taiwan
40 km (25 miles) SE (129 degrees) of T’AI-PEI, Taiwan
87 km (54 miles) E (85 degrees) of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
1143 km (710 miles) N (4 degrees) of MANILA, Philippines
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
event ID : US 2008stb9
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC[/code]
A very nice sway in Hualien. If all quakes were as soothing as that one, I’ll buy myself a cradle.
It’s kind of strange and scary when you sit on your sofa and watch CNN and their reports on the China earthquake and the after math and than suddenly somebody takes your sofa and shakes it softly. Strongest I felt here for quite a while, thanks god it was deep deep down.
It woke me up in Danshui. I’m on the 9th floor, and my bed was shaking quite a bit. I think this one actually freaked the cat out a little, too. Looked at the clock, 12:59 a.m. Went back to sleep. Were you guys all still awake, or did you get out of bed just to post?
The strange thing was that neither of us in our home could fall asleep before this one.
I was so happy to feel one…it’s been a while and it’s so much better when that pressure gets released…not build up to become one biiiiiiiiiiggggggggg quake.
It woke me up…I was asleep on the couch with the dogs…and they went nuts.
[quote=“Battery9”]I was so happy to feel one…it’s been a while and it’s so much better when that pressure gets released…not build up to become one biiiiiiiiiiggggggggg quake.
It woke me up…I was asleep on the couch with the dogs…and they went nuts.[/quote]Yep, I’ve started to notice how sensitive dogies are to quakes. Should pay more attention. When my cats start getting worried it’s already too late.
That quake was not nice, not at all. Couldn’t sleep afterwards.
I was fast asleep when it happened and it woke me up enough that it wasn’t possible to just roll over and go back to sleep.
This I do not like one bit. The region is very active these days -well, as usual. But I don’t like it a bit!
[quote]A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the northern Philippines and southern parts of Taiwan early yesterday, shaking houses and prompting authorities to order some people to leave their homes.
The quake struck at a depth of 22 kilometers (14 miles) under the sea bed in the Philippines’ Batan Islands region at 01:57 GMT, the US Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
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http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national%20news/2008/06/02/159113/Strong-earthquake.htm
Just me, or was there a light one just now?