Earthquakes -- 2012

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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby AmoyMama » 16 Jun 2012, 10:57

On the CWB site, click on Seismicity on the left-hand side of the Earthquake page, and then click on the Seismicity link that pops up under that. From there, you can see all of the earthquakes from any given month, all the way back to 1995.
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby Icon » 16 Jun 2012, 13:38

Battery9 wrote:where can you see how many earthquakes there were? I use cwb, but they only list the most recent, or am I missing a link or something


Well, I subscribe to the jlink page, and when I opened my mailbox, it was like two pages of quake alerts. That was a bit disturbing, to say the least.
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby Hamletintaiwan » 16 Jun 2012, 18:43

Battery9 wrote:where can you see how many earthquakes there were? I use cwb, but they only list the most recent, or am I missing a link or something


You can circumvent the Java/flash thingy by just.

http://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/webdata/OLDEQ/1 ... 99902e.gif
Changing the URL appropriate to the date you wish to display.
exmple

199902/199902e.gif that's February in 19999
199903/199903e.gif that's March in 1999
200002/200002e.gif that's February in 2000
201106/201106e.gif June 2011 and so on.
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby bumclouds » 16 Jun 2012, 22:03

I just went to "stock up" on earthquake supplies. I went into a store to buy water, dehydrated food, medical supplies and a torch... but I walked out with two bottles of water and two cases of beer.......
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby yuli » 17 Jun 2012, 05:08

bumclouds wrote:I just went to "stock up" on earthquake supplies. I went into a store to buy water, dehydrated food, medical supplies and a torch... but I walked out with two bottles of water and two cases of beer.......

Beer is always good - if you get injured it lessens the pain, and if you get killed it helps relieve the stress of those who have to deal with your remains. And if nothing happens after all, you can drown your disappointment in it.
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby Belgian Pie » 17 Jun 2012, 17:03

Shaking?
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby archylgp » 17 Jun 2012, 17:05

Belgian Pie wrote:Shaking?


Yeah - just felt it in Taichung...
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby Homey » 17 Jun 2012, 17:07

Sure seems to be a lot more shakers these days.
Why not???

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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby Meadows » 17 Jun 2012, 17:27

5.0 at 9km depth according to USGS, or 4.7 at 5km depth according to the CWB.

Same place as the Hualian swarm, biggest aftershock yet. To be fair they did say this would happen for a couple of weeks. I'm in Kaohsiung and I didn't feel it.

EDIT: found the article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a ... 2003535448

"As the earthquake was strong and at a shallow depth, it is likely that aftershocks of magnitude 4 to 5 will continue over the next two weeks, the bureau’s seismology center director Kuo Kai-wen (郭鎧紋) said.

Kuo urged the public not to panic over the frequency of the aftershocks, saying they are just a normal release of energy."
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Re: EARTHQUAKE!

Postby AmoyMama » 17 Jun 2012, 18:48

20 so far today in Hualian, including 11 in the last 90 minutes.
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