Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.5 TAIWAN
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 17:27:50 UTC

Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 17:27:50 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 01:27:50 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 24.19N 121.88E
Depth 70.2 kilometers
Region TAIWAN
Distances 40 km (25 miles) NE of Hua-lien, Taiwan
45 km (30 miles) S of Su-ao, Taiwan
105 km (65 miles) SSE of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan
115 km (70 miles) SE of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 7.5 km; depth +/- 4.4 km
Parameters Nst=40, Nph=40, Dmin=30.0 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Erho=7.5 km, Erzz=4.4 km, Gp=74.5 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2009pga3

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