USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: TAIWAN

Magnitude 7.6 TAIWAN
1999 September 20 17:47:18 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

	Date-Time	1999 09 20 17:47:18 UTC
	Location	23.77N 120.98E
	Depth	33.0 kilometers
	Magnitude	7.6
	Region	TAIWAN
	Reference	35 miles (50 km) WSW of Hua-lien, Taiwan
	Source	USGS NEIC

Location Map

Historical Seismicity

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Moment Tensor Solution

Energy and Broadband Solution

Phase (Arrival Time) Data

Reports

British Geological Survey Report
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering
A report on a visit to the surface ruptures of the Taiwan earthquake on Sept. 21
Tectonic Interpretation of the Taiwan Earthquake on Sept. 21, 1999 by Tetsuzo Seno
The Chi-chi (Taiwan) Earthquake, with photographs and reports
Damage of Concrete Structures
A Report on the Taiwan Earthquake Disaster of 21st September 1999

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->

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Magnitude 7.6 TAIWAN 1999 September 20 17:47:18 UTC

Magnitude 7.6 TAIWAN
1999 September 20 17:47:18 UTC