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97901
From: sher, [DNS_Address]
Subject: M 7.4 - 18 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4/executive
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M 7.4 - 18 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan 2024-04-02 23:58:11 (UTC)23.819°N 121.562°E34.8 km depth |
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97905
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 7.4 - 18 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/a-strong-earthquake-hits-near-taiwan-tsunami-19382365.php
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more pix at link... Taiwan's strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years damages buildings, leaving 4 dead By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Updated April 2, 2024 9:55 p.m. In this image taken from a video footage run by TVBS, a woman stands near a partially collapsed building in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on Japanese islands. (TVBS via AP)Anonymous/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways and causing the deaths of four people. Taiwan's national fire agency said four people died in Hualien County and at least 57 were injured in the quake that struck just before 8 a.m. The local United Daily News reported three hikers died in rockslides in Taroko National Park near the offshore epicenter. A five-story building in Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle. In the capital Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and in some newer office complexes, while debris fell from some building sites. Schools evacuated their students to sports fields, equipping them with yellow safety helmets. Some also covered themselves with textbooks to guard against falling objects as aftershocks continued. Train service was suspended across the island of 23 million people, as was subway service in Taipei, where a newly constructed above-ground line partially separated. The national legislature, a converted school built before World War II, also had damage to walls and ceilings. Traffic along the east coast was at a virtual standstill, with landslides and falling debris hitting tunnels and highways in the mountainous region. Those caused damage to vehicles, though it wasn't clear if anyone was hurt. Despite the quake striking at the height of the morning rush hour just before 8 a.m., the initial panic faded quickly on the island, which is regularly rocked by temblors and prepares for them with drills at schools and notices issued via public media and mobile phone. Authorities said they had only expected a relatively mild quake of magnitude 4 and accordingly did not send out alerts. Still, the earthquake was strong enough to scare people who are used to such shaking. “Earthquakes are a common occurrence, and I’ve grown accustomed to them. But today was the first time I was scared to tears by an earthquake,” Taipei resident Hsien-hsuen Keng said. ”I was awakened by the earthquake. I had never felt such intense shaking before.” She said her fifth-floor apartment shook so hard that “apart from earthquake drills in elementary school, this was the first time I had experienced such a situation.” Hualien was last struck by a deadly quake in 2018, which collapsed a historic hotel and other buildings. Taiwan's worst quake in recent years struck on Sept. 21, 1999, with a magnitude of 7.7, causing 2,400 deaths, injuring around 100,000 and destroying thousands of buildings. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami wave of 30 centimeters (about 1 foot) was detected on the coast of Yonaguni island about 15 minutes after the quake struck. Smaller waves were measured in Ishigaki and Miyako islands. Japan sent military aircraft to gather information about the impact around the Okinawa region. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2 while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. It struck about 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) south-southwest of Hualien and was about 35 kilometers (21 miles) deep. Multiple aftershocks followed, and the USGS said one of the subsequent quakes was 6.5 magnitude and 11.8 kilometers (7 miles) deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more surface damage. The earthquake was felt in Shanghai and several provinces along China’s southeastern coast, according to Chinese media. China and Taiwan are about 160 kilometers (100 miles) apart. China issued no tsunami warnings for the Chinese mainland. Residents of China's Fujian province reported violent shaking, according to Jimu News, an online outlet. One man told Jimu that the shaking awakened him and lasted about a minute. In the Philippines, residents along the northern coast were told to evacuate to higher ground, but no major tsunami was reported about three hours after the quake. Villagers in the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Isabela were asked not to return to their homes until the tsunami alert was lifted, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Teresito Bacolcol said. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said there has been no report of injury or damage in Japan. He urged the residents in the Okinawa region to stay on high ground until all tsunami advisories are lifted. He cautioned people against disinformation and urged them to stay calm and assist others. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii or the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. About three hours after the earthquake, it said the threat had largely passed for all areas with waves being reported only in Taiwan and southern Japan. Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur. ___ Associated Press journalists Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Simina Mistreanu in Taipei, Taiwan, Ken Moritsugu in Beijing, Lorian Belanger in Bangkok, Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed to this report. |
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97904
From: LaMan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: 103 anyone?
| Curious, wouldn't that be Mexico environs? |
97908
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 103 anyone? see Lowell Whiteside page
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he does these all the time- just scroll down to the P- and S- shadow zone edge and node 7 (101-110 degrees) (he usually post updates a coupe days behind- he will probably show more on his summary when he gets to it) Macquarie to Southern China, Hokkaido, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Xinjiang, China to Oahu, Hawaii, Illinois, Macquarie, Northern, Central Mid-Atlantic, China to Florida, Central California, Oklahoma, North Atlantic, Hawaii, Louisiana, Bass Strait, Australia, Central Mid- Atlantic, Southern and Central California, Vanuatu, Loyalty Is. Tennessee, Brazil to Balleny, Macquarie, Turkey, Kermadec Is., Egypt, Tonga, South Indian Ocean, South, North Island, New Zealand, Central Aleutians, Talaud Islands to Idaho, Croatia, Botswana, Italy, Iceland, Central California, Oregon, Honshu, Japan to Balleny, Tanzania, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico, Azores, East Pacific Rise, South Pacific Ocean, Northern East Pacific Rise, Balleny Islands, Morocco, Guerrero, Mexico, Loyalty Islands to Atacama, Chile, Reykjanes Ridge, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Guatemala, Xingiang, China, Bouvet Is, Banda Sea, Oklahoma, Carlsberg Ridge, South of Africa, South Sandwich Is, Pakistan, Lake Baykal, Russia, Nebraska, Kazakhstan, Guatemala, Central Mexico, Texas, El Salvador, Central Peru, Mariana Is to Croatia, Texas, Louisiana, SE Pacific, Ontario, South and North-east Pacific Rise, Reykjanes Ridge, Quebec, Illinois, New York, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Mexico, Siberia, Northern Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, South Africa, northern Mexico, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico, Quebec, Mindanao to off No. California, Seattle, Washington, Italy, Idaho, Southern, Geysers, Central California, Yellowstone, South of Africa, Scotland, Iceland, southern Idaho, San Francisco, Mammoth Lakes, CA, Los Angeles, California, Montana, Oregon, Tyrrhenian Sea, France, Off coast of Northern California, Central, northern California, Iceland, Banda Sea, Oregon, Norwegian Sea, Indonesia to Western Turkey, Romania, Uganda, Vancouver, Eastern Mediterranean, Greenland Sea, Coast of Oregon, Vancouver, BC, Western Turkey, Tonga to Nunavut, Ohio, Colombia, northern Chile, South Sandwich Is, Molucca Sea to Nunavut, Italy, San Francisco, Washington State, British Columbia, Malta, Central, southern California, New Guinea to Nunavut, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Baja, Southern California, Eastern Turkey, Utah, |
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97909
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 103 anyone? see Lowell Whiteside page
| thanks pam..i was thinking whiteside did them but couldn't find the link... |
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97906
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 103 anyone?
URL: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/smithkonter/GG451/notes/Traveltime_background.pdf
| refresher at link...i thought there used to be a site that calculated the 103 line but i can't dredge it up... |
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97907
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 103 anyone?
URL: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/traveltime_curves_how_they_are_created
| the apps on this page may help calculate the shadow zone but my old box won't run them... |
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97903
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 7.4 - 18 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
URL: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake_testimonies.php?id=1641639
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testimonies link: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake_testimonies.php?id=1641639 |
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97902
From: SoCalCarol, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 7.4 - 18 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
| Whoa Nellie! |
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