Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN

USGS ^ | March 3, 2010

[bd476]

Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN
2010 March 04 00:18:53 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time * Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 00:18:53 UTC
* Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 08:18:53 AM at epicenter

Location 22.900°N, 120.909°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region TAIWAN
Distances

* 33 km (21 miles) NW (308°) from T'ai-tung, Taiwan
* 70 km (44 miles) E (100°) from T'ai-nan, Taiwan
* 72 km (45 miles) ENE (62°) from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
* 921 km (572 miles) N (360°) from MANILA, Philippines

[RedMDer]

Best solution I’ve heard. LOL

[bd476]

onyx wrote: "Um, nope. That's why I'm in CA half the time or more."

!! Then get a move on and move back here. :)

[cripplecreek]

We’re so much more aware of this stuff these days. If I hadn’t been on FR I wouldn’t even know about this one till tomorrow if ever.

[mewzilla]

Just ran across this while checking out the cooking oil can thing...

Street and Road Damage in Urban Areas

[VAFreedom]

from reading the taiwan news, it looks like the quake started 5km below surface around 8:18am local time, 7:18 EST. No reports of any damage or casualty yet. It could be felt all over taiwan, the measurement in taipei is 2.

[aruanan]

The oil can thing popped into your mind, too.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

If I run out and buy some black-and-white Nike Windrunner athletic shoes, can I go ?

[mountainlion]

Owl Gore REPENT!

[bd476]

Tai_Chung wrote: "That’s not good. Too close to home!"

True. Prayers up for everyone and hopefully the damage will be minimal.

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks, bd. We won’t be surprised when it hits here; just a matter of WHEN.

[M Kehoe]

"...and there will be pestilence, rumors of war, earthquakes...and all these signs you will see..."

Methinks, there is a possibility, that someone...might lay the cornerstone for the third temple soon...

Just say'n...

5.56mm

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks.

[La Enchiladita]

I don’t know if the FReepers discussed the Antarctic iceberg that cracked last week.....???

[bd476]

Quix wrote: Leaving for church shortly. Please ping me to the USGS link when available. Sigh. Love those people. Sounds like it’s somewhat in the center of the Island."

Quix the USGS link is up where I posted all the USGS information. Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN.

The epicenter is in the Southern end of Taiwan 155 miles South Southwest of Taipei.

[M0sby]

WOw...that’s an example of why commas are very, very important!

[mkjessup]

Gaia is angry. We must appease her by throwing Al Gore into a volcano. That is all. That wouldn't work. The volcano would just spit out Gore and be angrier then before Gore was tossed into the volcano.

Yeah, but after the lava cooled, Gore wouldn't be as warm.

[Zman]

Get in line; I’m already scheduled to push him out to sea on an iceberg...

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping bd476.

[bd476]

Natural Law wrote: "I’m here in Taipei and felt a long but gentle rolling quake. No big deal."

While Taipei is 155 miles from the epicenter I'm not surprised you felt a rolling sensation that far away. This was a shallow quake.

From USGS: Depth 23.1 km (14.4 miles).

Please be sure to log whatever you felt during the quake, and whether or not anything moved or fell in your location.

.Did You Feel It? — Tell Us !

It helps the continuing research done by seismologists. The goal is to better predict earthquakes, damages, injuries as well as construct better buildings which can withstand earthquakes,

[rintense]

Inertia... when a plate moves, the energy is transferred across the entire plate.