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Magnitude 6.2 - TAIWAN REGION

2008 July 13 14:58:32 UTC

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Magnitude

6.2

Date-Time

Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 14:58:32 UTC

Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 10:58:32 PM at epicenter

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Location

21.017°N, 121.098°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

TAIWAN REGION

Distances

115 km (70 miles) NW of Basco, Batan Islands,
Philippines
190 km (115 miles) S of T'ai-tung, Taiwan
450
km (280 miles) S of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan
710 km (440 miles) N of
MANILA, Philippines

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 5.5 km (3.4 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST=127, Nph=127, Dmin=200 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp=
40°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008ukay

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