# Taiwan Earthquakes 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Tags:** tainan, taitung, hualien, yilan, earthquake, 2011\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515 "2011-01-11T01:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MikeN](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MikeN](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/MikeN)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/61 "2011-03-20T09:09:15Z")
Definitely felt two here in Taitung ---
**Author:** ![patagonia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@patagonia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/patagonia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/62 "2011-03-20T09:11:53Z")
> [@MikeN](#): > > Definitely felt two here in Taidong Thanks MikeN - I was worried for my sanity for a while ! ---
**Author:** ![bismarck](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bismarck](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bismarck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/63 "2011-03-20T11:01:50Z")
Felt it in Tainan, also. Nothing major, [just a vibration](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/). [quote]Magnitude - 5.5 Date-Time : \* Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 08:00:50 UTC \* Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 04:00:50 PM at epicenter \* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location - 22.396°N, 121.421°E Depth - 17.3 km (10.8 miles) Region - TAIWAN REGION Distances: 47 km (29 miles) SE of Taitung, Taiwan 117 km (72 miles) ESE of Kaohsiung, Taiwan 154 km (95 miles) SE of Chiayi, Taiwan[/quote] I wonder if something is afoot. We had a 4.5 last week, a 5.5 this week. Picking up speed, or letting off some steam (pressure on the fault line)? ---
**Author:** ![yuli](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@yuli](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yuli)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/64 "2011-03-20T16:52:00Z")
Some gentle shaking of the building here in Hualien and some stuff on the balcony clattering. ---
**Author:** ![Nuit](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/nuit/32/461_2.png) [@Nuit](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Nuit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/65 "2011-03-20T17:03:22Z")
gentle shaking? that was a bang where I am. 2 bangs, a second apart. I can’t begin to imagine what a 7.0 would feel like. ---
**Author:** ![yuli](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@yuli](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yuli)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/66 "2011-03-20T17:36:08Z")
> [@Nuit](#): > > gentle shaking? that was a bang where I am. 2 bangs, a second apart. Whatever it was, it seems to have been below the reporting threshold - nothing about it here: [earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/) ---
**Author:** ![bismarck](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bismarck](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bismarck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/67 "2011-03-20T18:34:02Z")
> [@yuli](#): > > [quote=“Nuit”]gentle shaking? that was a bang where I am. 2 bangs, a second apart. Whatever it was, it seems to have been below the reporting threshold - nothing about it here: [earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/)[/quote] Interesting, because these site I quoted above is USGS… ---
**Author:** ![NomNomTaiwan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/nomnomtaiwan/32/175609_2.png) [@NomNomTaiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/NomNomTaiwan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/68 "2011-03-21T08:26:20Z")
[quote=“bismarck”]Felt it in Tainan, also. Nothing major, [just a vibration](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/). [quote]Magnitude - 5.5 Date-Time : \* Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 08:00:50 UTC \* Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 04:00:50 PM at epicenter \* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location - 22.396°N, 121.421°E Depth - 17.3 km (10.8 miles) Region - TAIWAN REGION Distances: 47 km (29 miles) SE of Taitung, Taiwan 117 km (72 miles) ESE of Kaohsiung, Taiwan 154 km (95 miles) SE of Chiayi, Taiwan[/quote] I wonder if something is afoot. We had a 4.5 last week, a 5.5 this week. Picking up speed, or letting off some steam (pressure on the fault line)?[/quote] Hmm I am wondering that too - seems like things are rather active right now! 😲 ---
**Author:** ![irishstu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/45deac/32.png) [@irishstu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/irishstu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/69 "2011-03-23T03:03:37Z")
Am I going mental, or where there several small earthquakes/tremors in a row in the middle of the night? ---
**Author:** ![AmoyMama](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@AmoyMama](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/AmoyMama)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/70 "2011-03-26T07:27:32Z")
Just felt a little jolt there… ---
**Author:** ![super\_lucky](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/super_lucky/32/17255_2.png) [@super\_lucky](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/super_lucky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/71 "2011-03-26T07:34:30Z")
> [@AmoyMama](#): > > Just felt a little jolt there… Yup 2011/03/26 15:19 4.8 magnitude 24.86N 121.92E, i.e. 22.0 km NE of Yilan County ---
**Author:** ![super\_lucky](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/super_lucky/32/17255_2.png) [@super\_lucky](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/super_lucky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/72 "2011-03-26T07:36:18Z")
> [@irishstu](#): > > Am I going mental, or where there several small earthquakes/tremors in a row in the middle of the night? According to the CWB, there was nothing shaking that night. ---
**Author:** ![NomNomTaiwan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/nomnomtaiwan/32/175609_2.png) [@NomNomTaiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/NomNomTaiwan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/73 "2011-03-26T09:00:10Z")
Totally felt that one at 15:19…thought I was going crazy, it was two jolts…that’s it. Strange! ---
**Author:** ![yuli](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@yuli](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yuli)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/74 "2011-03-30T04:25:49Z")
Pretty darn good shaking and creaking of walls here in Hualien just now (= at around 12:23) [edit, at 12:38: must have been less than M4.5, and perhaps rather local, since it hasn’t shown up on either the USGS site nor the CWB site] [edit: not “CWB”, “JMA”] ---
**Author:** ![Taffy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/taffy/32/186_2.png) [@Taffy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taffy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/75 "2011-03-30T04:49:01Z")
I think that would be this one: [4.7, 11.2 km SW of Hualian](http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/seismic/Data/quake/EE0330122247035.txt) ---
**Author:** ![Ecaps](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Ecaps](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Ecaps)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/76 "2011-03-30T05:02:47Z")
That was probably right under my house. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonbones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dragonbones/32/1125_2.png) [@Dragonbones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dragonbones)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/77 "2011-04-16T12:51:24Z")
One just now. ---
**Author:** ![twonavels](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@twonavels](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/twonavels)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/78 "2011-04-16T13:25:14Z")
You actually felt it? ---
**Author:** ![Belgian\_Pie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Belgian\_Pie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Belgian_Pie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/79 "2011-04-16T14:09:45Z")
Yeah, not worth mentioning … just a little wobble ---
**Author:** ![yuli](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@yuli](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yuli)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515/80 "2011-04-16T16:21:41Z")
Some gentle swinging of the apartment building a minute ago… roughly in a south-north direction… [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515.md?page=3) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-earthquakes-2011/62515.md?page=5)