Magnitude 7.5 Southeast of Taiwan
1998 May 03 23:30:21 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 7.5 | |
| Date-Time | 1998 05 03 23:30:21 UTC | ||
| Location | 22.30N 125.30E | ||
| Depth | 33.0 kilometers | ||
| Region | Southeast of Taiwan | ||
| Reference |
260 km (160 miles) SSE of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 400 km (250 miles) ENE of Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines 425 km (265 miles) ESE of Hua-lien, Taiwan 2040 km (1270 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan |
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| Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
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Location Quality Parameters |
Not available | ||
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
| Remarks | Minor local tsunami generated with recorded wave heights of 4 cm on Miyako-shima and 3 cm on Ishigaki-shima and at Naha, Okinawa. Felt (III JMA) on Iriomote-shima, Ishigaki-shima, Miyako-shima and Yonaguni; (I JMA) on Amami O-shima, Kikai-shima, Okinawa and in the southern part of Kyushu. Also felt in parts of eastern Taiwan. Complex earthquake with at least one larger event about 1 second after onset. |
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.
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