6.5 - TAIWAN REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Globe with Earthquake Location
Magnitude 6.5
Date-Time
  • 20 Apr 2015 12:00:01 UTC
  • 20 Apr 2015 20:00:02 near epicenter
  • 20 Apr 2015 04:00:01 standard time in your timezone
Location 24.052N 122.514E
Depth 38 km
Distances
  • 67 km (42 mi) SW of Yonakuni, Japan
  • 90 km (56 mi) SE of Su'ao, Taiwan
  • 92 km (57 mi) E of Hualian, Taiwan
  • 109 km (68 mi) SE of Yilan, Taiwan
  • 877 km (544 mi) ENE of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 5.8 km; Vertical 5.5 km
Parameters Nph = 194; Dmin = 68.5 km; Rmss = 0.91 seconds; Gp = 34°
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Event ID us 200027ru

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