9 SEP 2008 (253)
ot = 07:43:13.24 +/- 0.35 TAIWAN REGION
lat = 24.661 +/- 2.8
lon = 122.592 +/- 3.4 MAGNITUDE 5.3 (GS)
dep = 100.4 +/- 3.5
75 km (45 miles) E of Su-ao, Taiwan (pop 48,000)
115 km (75 miles) ESE of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan (pop 2,641,000)
130 km (80 miles) NE of Hua-lien, Taiwan (pop 108,000)
165 km (100 miles) E of Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Recorded (4 TAP) in I-lan; (3 TAP) in Hua-lien; (2 TAP) in Chang-
hua, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, T'ai-chung, T'ai-pei, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan
and Yun-lin; (1 TAP) in Chia-i, Kao-hsiung and T'ai-nan.
nph = 154 of 231 se = 0.84 FE=243 A
error ellipse = (257.0, 47.5, 6.3;143.5, 20.0, 4.8; 38.4, 35.6, 3.3)
mb = 5.2 ( 98) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 0.0 ( 0) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
NACB ePn 07:43:33.65 -0.4 1.0 243 NACB
eSn 07:43:49.78 S res = 0.1X
TATO ePn 07:43:34.77 0.5 1.1 288 TATO
eSn 07:43:51.57 S res = 1.5X
YHNB ePn 07:43:36.00 1.0 1.1 271 YHNB
eSn 07:43:53.19 S res = 1.9X
YULB ePn 07:43:41.58 -0.9 1.7 223 YULB
eSn 07:44:06.05 S res = 1.4X
SSLB ePn 07:43:42.72 0.3 1.7 240 SSLB
eSn 07:44:05.33 S res = 0.7X
TWG ePn 07:43:48.64 -1.1 2.3 218 TWG
eSn 07:44:18.54 S res = 0.8X
TPUB ePn 07:43:49.99 0.9 2.2 233 TPUB
eSn 07:44:19.71 S res = 3.2X
JOW ePn 07:44:32.35 -1.2 5.6 66 JOW
TGY P 07:45:43.31 0.8 10.6 189 TGY
JNU ePn 07:45:50.48 1.3 11.1 39 JNU
INCN eP 07:46:22.97 5.8X 13.2 14 INCN
MJAR P 07:47:13.19 -1.6 17.9 45 MJAR
LR 07:54:44.74
DAV P 07:47:14.51 1.3 17.7 170 DAV
LR 07:53:51.75
MAJO eP 07:47:14.71 -0.1 17.9 45 g:3.7-2 .90 4.0X b:3.7+1 .90 4.6 MAJO
KKM eP 07:47:33.07 0.4 19.5 199 g:1.0+0 1.3 5.3X b:1.0+3 1.3 6.0 KKM
CHTO eP 07:48:07.30 0.4 22.7 260 g:5.7-2 1.3 4.2X b:1.0+2 1.5 4.9 CHTO
e 07:48:31.12 depth = 114.3X
CMAR P 07:48:09.00 0.9 22.8 259 CMAR
PcP 07:51:56.05 0.2X
LR 07:57:18.27
GUMO eP 07:48:15.39 -0.8 23.7 114 g:2.2-1 1.3 4.8X b:2.2+2 1.3 5.4 GUMO
e 07:48:40.81 depth = 121.9X
ERM eP 07:48:17.59 -3.5X 24.3 40 g:4.6-2 .70 4.4X b:4.0+1 .60 5.0 ERM
ASAJ eP 07:48:29.72 -1.2 25.4 35 g:8.7-3 .95 3.6X b:1.2+1 .60 4.6 ASAJ
KSM eP 07:48:36.00 -0.3 25.9 209 g:1.8-1 1.0 4.9X b:2.5+2 1.2 5.6 KSM
SONM P 07:48:40.30 -0.6 26.5 335 SONM
pP 07:49:06.12 depth = 120.7X
ScP 07:55:31.38 -3.0X
LR 08:00:17.42
YSS eP 07:48:51.42 1.8 27.5 31 b:5.9+1 .74 5.3 YSS
e 07:49:16.50 depth = 115.7X
IPM eP 07:49:02.84 0.9 28.8 230 g:1.9-2 .65 4.2X b:1.7+1 .60 4.9 IPM
KAPI eP 07:49:08.11 -1.1 29.6 186 b:1.8+2 1.6 5.5 KAPI
TLY eP 07:49:16.97 -0.8 30.6 337 b:2.1+1 .70 5.0 TLY
e 07:49:42.46 depth = 115.9X
YAK eP 07:50:16.84 -1.5 37.7 5 b:1.2+2 1.0 5.8 YAK
e 07:50:44.39 depth = 122.1X
KAKA eP 07:50:22.89 -1.7 38.3 164 b:1.8+2 1.2 5.8 KAKA
MKAR P 07:50:28.33 -0.7 38.9 315 MKAR
pP 07:50:54.78 depth = 115.9X
ScP 07:56:14.93 -2.1X
ZAA0 eP 07:50:41.11 -1.4 40.6 326 ZAA0
e 07:51:08.53 depth = 120.3X
ZALV P 07:50:41.17 -1.4 40.6 326 ZALV
pP 07:51:07.95 depth = 117.0X
ScP 07:56:20.23 -3.0X
LR 08:08:27.08
PMG eP 07:50:51.10 0.5 41.5 142 b:9.7+1 1.2 5.5 PMG
FITZ eP 07:50:58.35 -1.3 42.6 176 b:2.8+2 1.2 5.9 FITZ
KURK eP 07:50:58.61 -0.3 42.6 319 b:8.0+1 1.4 5.4 KURK
e 07:51:26.33 depth = 121.3X
TKM2 eP 07:50:59.71 0.9 42.5 307 b:3.2+1 .95 5.1 TKM2
e 07:51:26.07 depth = 114.3X
KZA eP 07:51:01.28 1.3 42.6 306 b:7.3+1 1.5 5.3 KZA
e 07:51:27.91 depth = 115.8X
COEN eP 07:51:05.71 0.3 43.3 150 b:1.2+3 1.1 6.6X COEN
e 07:51:32.00 depth = 113.8X
EKS2 eP 07:51:09.92 0.9 43.8 307 b:7.8+0 .90 4.5 EKS2
e 07:51:34.48 depth = 105.1X
MBWA eP 07:51:22.14 -1.6 45.6 184 b:1.3+2 1.5 5.5 MBWA
WRA P 07:51:24.42 -0.6 45.8 165 WRA
pP 07:51:51.03 depth = 114.6X
S 07:57:57.78 S res = -3.5X
TIXI eP 07:51:33.85 -1.2 47.2 3 b:1.6+1 .55 5.1 TIXI
KBL eP 07:51:37.08 1.4 47.1 295 b:1.7+1 1.0 4.8 KBL
BRVK eP 07:51:42.76 -0.7 48.2 320 b:7.3+0 .65 4.7 BRVK
e 07:52:09.08 depth = 112.0X
ASAR P 07:51:51.75 -0.3 49.3 166 ASAR
S 07:58:51.01 S res = 0.3X
CTAO eP 07:51:58.57 0.4 50.1 151 b:1.1+2 1.3 5.7 CTAO
FORT eP 07:52:36.56 -0.3 55.4 174 b:3.8+2 1.2 6.3X FORT
e 07:53:04.54 depth = 116.7X
ARU eP 07:52:36.64 -1.0 55.5 323 b:7.8+0 .45 5.0 ARU
e 07:53:03.46 depth = 111.1X
EIDS eP 07:52:47.45 -0.2 56.9 149 b:6.8+0 .68 4.8 EIDS
NWAO eP 07:52:51.52 -0.4 57.5 185 b:1.1+2 1.5 5.7 NWAO
BBOO eP 07:52:58.98 -0.5 58.6 167 b:5.6+2 1.6 6.4X BBOO
e 07:53:23.76 depth = 100.1X
STKA eP 07:53:02.34 -0.7 59.1 161 b:2.3+0 .78 4.4 STKA
ARMA eP 07:53:19.85 0.6 61.4 151 b:3.6+1 1.1 5.3 ARMA
PPLA eP 07:53:50.32 0.2 66.2 30 b:8.3+0 .62 4.8 PPLA
KIV eP 07:53:51.48 0.5 66.3 309 b:1.8+2 1.4 5.8 KIV
e 07:54:19.94 -0.4X
COLD eP 07:53:51.79 0.2 66.5 25 b:8.6+0 1.0 4.6 COLD
e 07:54:20.82 0.4X
MCK eP 07:53:57.88 -0.5 67.5 29 b:9.3+0 .68 4.8 MCK
PMR eP 07:53:59.70 -0.5 67.8 31 b:7.8+0 .60 4.8 PMR
COLA eP 07:53:59.89 0.0 67.8 27 b:8.3+0 .70 4.8 COLA
ILAR P 07:54:01.05 -1.6 68.2 27 ILAR
LR 08:28:09.95
SML eP 07:54:02.09 -0.3 68.2 31 b:4.8+0 1.0 4.4 SML
KEV eP 07:54:06.07 -1.4 69.0 338 b:1.6+1 1.0 4.8 KEV
e 07:54:37.42 depth = 126.8X
ARCESP 07:54:09.88 -1.2 69.6 338 ARCE
LR 08:29:14.86
DOT eP 07:54:11.15 -0.5 69.7 28 b:2.5+1 .74 5.1 DOT
MENT eP 07:54:13.80 0.1 70.0 29 MENT
EGAK eP 07:54:16.62 -0.6 70.6 27 b:1.2+1 .73 4.8 EGAK
MALT eP 07:54:20.17 1.0 70.8 304 b:9.5+0 1.2 4.5 MALT
e 07:54:46.72 depth = 104.1X
DAWY eP 07:54:22.54 -0.5 71.5 27 DAWY
FINESP 07:54:23.10 -0.8 71.7 330 FINE
pP 07:54:52.10 depth = 115.1X
LR 08:28:13.63
INK eP 07:54:26.60 -0.9 72.3 22 b:1.2+1 .78 4.8 INK
KIEV eP 07:54:33.58 -0.6 73.4 319 b:2.6+1 1.3 4.9 KIEV
e 07:55:01.11 depth = 107.7X
ASF P 07:54:37.91 0.3 73.9 298 ASF
pP 07:55:04.69 depth = 104.2X
BRTR P 07:54:38.00 0.2 73.9 307 BRTR
pP 07:55:04.00 depth = 100.7X
SKAG eP 07:54:43.90 0.7 75.0 31 b:3.8+1 1.5 5.0 SKAG
BUR08eP 07:54:54.20 -0.5 76.9 316 BUR0
e 07:55:23.35 depth = 114.1X
DLBC eP 07:55:00.50 0.6 77.9 31 DLBC
NOA P 07:55:01.12 -1.5 78.4 332 NOA
pP 07:55:30.10 depth = 113.1X
LR 08:33:51.92
CRVS eP 07:55:04.50 0.0 78.7 319 CRVS
ePP 07:55:32.10 -151.X
VYHS eP 07:55:13.90 -0.1 80.5 319 VYHS
ePP 07:55:43.60 -154.X
YKA P 07:55:20.80 -1.2 82.0 23 YKA
pP 07:55:47.47 depth = 101.9X
PKKPbc 08:13:46.94 -5.0X
SUMG eP 07:55:22.39 -0.6 82.2 354 b:1.8+1 1.3 4.7 SUMG
e 07:55:53.24 depth = 120.3X
KMBO eP 07:55:46.40 1.9 86.2 267 b:4.9+0 1.5 4.3 KMBO
e 07:56:14.02 depth = 104.9X
NLWA eP 07:55:46.54 0.6 86.7 39 b:3.7+1 1.1 5.3 NLWA
GNW eP 07:55:49.54 1.3 87.2 38 b:1.8+1 .98 5.1 GNW
JCW P 07:55:49.56 0.5 87.3 37 JCW
RPW eP 07:55:49.78 0.3 87.4 37 b:2.5+1 .82 5.3 RPW
RMW P 07:55:52.16 0.7 87.8 38 RMW
WRW P 07:55:53.17 0.4 88.1 37 WRW
FMW P 07:55:53.48 0.1 88.2 38 FMW
LON eP 07:55:53.56 0.2 88.2 38 b:3.7+1 .96 5.4 LON
NLW P 07:55:53.60 0.0 88.3 37 NLW
EDM eP 07:55:54.40 -0.3 88.6 30 EDM
ETW eP 07:55:54.97 0.0 88.6 37 b:9.8+1 .74 6.0 ETW
WPW P 07:55:55.15 0.9 88.4 38 WPW
TBM P 07:55:55.79 0.4 88.7 38 TBM
EBG P 07:55:56.89 0.7 88.8 38 EBG
HOOD eP 07:55:58.32 0.6 89.1 39 b:9.3+1 1.0 5.8 HOOD
VFP P 07:55:58.99 0.7 89.2 39 VFP
OD2 eP 07:55:59.44 -0.1 89.6 37 b:4.1+1 .76 5.6 OD2
MDW P 07:55:59.82 0.8 89.5 38 MDW
HAWA eP 07:56:00.76 0.5 89.7 38 b:5.9+1 .98 5.7 HAWA
RSW eP 07:56:00.89 0.7 89.7 38 b:4.8+1 .78 5.7 RSW
NEW eP 07:56:00.91 -0.1 89.9 35 b:6.0+1 1.0 5.7 NEW
e 07:56:31.06 depth = 114.8X
YBH eP 07:56:05.29 1.0 90.5 43 b:3.3+1 1.3 5.4 YBH
CASY eP 07:56:05.84 -0.2 91.1 185 b:4.9+1 1.3 5.6 CASY
LNOR eP 07:56:06.31 1.3 90.7 38 b:2.5+1 .84 5.4 LNOR
FCC eP 07:56:07.30 -0.9 91.5 18 b:5.7-1 .84 3.9X FCC
WALA eP 07:56:07.44 1.0 91.0 33 b:1.8+0 1.1 4.2X WALA
BSMT eP 07:56:08.35 0.2 91.4 35 b:2.2+1 .90 5.4 BSMT
e 07:56:39.07 depth = 117.1X
WDC eP 07:56:08.58 0.9 91.3 44 b:1.6+1 1.0 5.2 WDC
BLMT eP 07:56:09.30 0.6 91.5 34 b:3.5+1 1.3 5.4 BLMT
JTMT eP 07:56:09.96 0.4 91.7 34 b:2.4+1 .94 5.5 JTMT
e 07:56:39.41 depth = 111.5X
YBMT eP 07:56:10.15 0.3 91.7 34 b:2.1+1 .98 5.4 YBMT
e 07:56:41.09 depth = 118.0X
FFC eP 07:56:10.48 -1.0 92.2 24 b:1.9+1 1.1 5.3 FFC
e 07:56:40.71 depth = 114.9X
SWMT eP 07:56:10.60 -0.3 92.0 34 b:2.2+1 .98 5.4 SWMT
MOD eP 07:56:11.01 0.3 91.9 42 b:5.8+1 1.0 5.8 MOD
SLMT eP 07:56:12.74 -0.3 92.4 34 b:5.3+1 1.1 5.8 SLMT
MSO eP 07:56:13.12 0.0 92.5 35 b:2.3+1 1.2 5.4 MSO
e 07:56:42.27 depth = 110.2X
WVOR eP 07:56:14.29 0.4 92.6 41 b:2.9+1 1.0 5.5 WVOR
CHMT eP 07:56:14.57 -0.1 92.8 35 b:1.1+1 1.1 5.1 CHMT
KEST P 07:56:15.27 -0.2 92.9 312 KEST
LR 08:42:05.68
EGMT eP 07:56:18.35 -0.7 93.8 32 b:1.6+1 .80 5.5 EGMT
HRY eP 07:56:18.66 0.2 93.6 34 b:1.5+1 .72 5.5 HRY
PAHR eP 07:56:19.81 0.5 93.8 43 b:3.4+1 1.0 5.7 PAHR
WCN eP 07:56:19.97 0.6 93.8 44 b:1.1+1 1.0 5.2 WCN
LRM eP 07:56:20.01 0.1 93.9 35 b:8.9+1 1.0 6.1 LRM
e 07:56:49.51 depth = 111.7X
CMB eP 07:56:20.74 -0.1 94.1 45 b:2.1+1 1.0 5.5 CMB
DLMT eP 07:56:21.27 0.4 94.1 35 b:1.7+1 .75 5.6 DLMT
e 07:56:50.72 depth = 111.4X
MCMT eP 07:56:22.05 0.0 94.3 36 b:2.0+0 .62 4.7 MCMT
BOZ eP 07:56:22.23 -0.1 94.4 35 b:5.4+0 .83 5.0 BOZ
WAKR eP 07:56:22.50 -0.1 94.4 44 b:1.3+1 1.0 5.3 WAKR
HLID eP 07:56:22.80 1.0 94.3 38 b:2.2+1 .93 5.6 HLID
e 07:56:52.17 depth = 111.1X
BMN eP 07:56:24.72 1.3 94.7 41 b:2.8+1 1.2 5.5 BMN
NVAR P 07:56:26.35 0.3 95.2 44 NVAR
YMR eP 07:56:28.47 1.4 95.4 35 b:5.7+0 .72 5.1 YMR
DGMT eP 07:56:29.22 -0.1 96.0 29 b:1.8+1 .90 5.6 DGMT
RLMT eP 07:56:29.66 0.4 96.0 34 b:9.8+0 1.0 5.3 RLMT
FLWY eP 07:56:30.31 0.8 96.0 36 b:1.0+1 .83 5.4 FLWY
IMW eP 07:56:30.55 1.0 96.0 36 b:2.2+0 .68 4.8 IMW
TPAW eP 07:56:31.40 0.6 96.3 36 b:2.0+0 .68 4.8 TPAW
LAO eP 07:56:31.48 0.4 96.4 31 b:8.8+0 .93 5.3 LAO
ISA eP 07:56:32.21 -0.7 96.8 46 b:4.9+0 1.1 4.9 ISA
HWUT eP 07:56:35.53 0.6 97.2 38 b:7.6+0 1.1 5.1 HWUT
PDAR P 07:56:35.70 -0.6 97.5 36 PDAR
LR 08:38:39.25
BW06 eP 07:56:35.99 -0.4 97.5 36 b:1.2+0 .70 4.5 BW06
DUG eP 07:56:36.46 0.6 97.4 39 b:1.7+0 .75 4.7 DUG
ULM P 07:56:36.75 -1.4 98.0 24 ULM
LR 08:45:35.53
GSC eP 07:56:39.48 0.6 98.1 45 b:1.6+1 1.4 5.4 GSC
SHPR eP 07:56:40.67 0.4 98.4 44 b:2.9+0 .92 4.8 SHPR
MSU eP 07:56:44.02 1.3 98.9 40 b:1.5+1 1.6 5.4 MSU
SRU eP 07:56:44.92 -0.2 99.4 39 b:3.0+0 .68 5.0 SRU
PV10 ePdif 07:56:52.00 0.8X 100.8 39 b:1.1+2 .82 6.5X PV10
PV01 ePdif 07:56:53.79 0.7X 101.2 39 b:1.6+2 .76 6.7X PV01
WUAZ ePdif 07:56:54.72 1.1X 101.3 42 b:8.2+0 1.0 5.3 WUAZ
TXAR Pdif 07:57:34.97 1.5X 110.3 42 TXAR
PKPdf 08:01:33.01 -1.2X
TORD PKPdf 08:01:35.05 -1.3 111.2 296 TORD
PKKP 08:12:44.75 0.9X
DBIC PKP 08:01:53.05 -0.1 120.1 294 DBIC
SDV ePKPdf 08:02:35.77 -2.8 144.2 23 SDV
ROSC ePKPbc 08:02:44.19 0.4 146.4 32 ROSC
OTAV ePKPbc 08:02:47.32 -1.0 147.9 43 OTAV
LPAZ ePKPdf 08:03:09.18 0.5 167.0 52 LPAZ
Generated 2008 SEP 23 at 08:39 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
