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Earthquake Yellow Shaking Alert M 6.4, TAIWAN Origin Time: Fri 2016-02-05 19:57:26 UTC (03:57:26 local) PAGER o o Location: 22.83 N 120.62 E Depth: 10 km Version 1 Created: 26 minutes, 42 seconds after earthquake Estimated Fatalities Yellow alert level for economic losses. Some Estimated Economic Losses damage is possible and the impact should be relatively localized. Estimated economic losses 67% are less than 1% of GDP of Taiwan. Past events with this alert level have required a local 38% 38% 30% or regional level response. 20% 3% 4% Green alert level for shaking-related fatalities. There is a low likelihood of casualties. 1 100 10,000 1 100 10,000 10 1,000 100,000 10 1,000 100,000 Fatalities USD (Millions) Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking ESTIMATED POPULATION - -* 23,279k* 11,230k 2,964k 3,007k 404k 4k 0 0 EXPOSURE (k = x1000) ESTIMATED MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY PERCEIVED SHAKING Not felt Weak Light Moderate Strong Very Strong Severe Violent Extreme Resistant none none none V. Light Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy POTENTIAL Structures DAMAGE Vulnerable Structures none none none Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy V. Heavy *Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area. Population Exposure population per ~1 sq. km from Landscan Structures: Overall, the population in this region resides III in structures that are resistant to earthquake 118°E 120°E 122°E shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building LuochengLuochengLuocheng TaipeiTaipei types are adobe block and reinforced XianduXiandu LuochengLuochengLuocheng TaipeiTaipei LongmenLongmenLongmen QuanzhouQuanzhou masonry construction. NeikengNeikeng NeikengNeikeng HsinchuHsinchu YilanYilan YongningYongningYongning Historical Earthquakes (with MMI levels): ZhangzhouZhangzhouKerenKeren MiaoliMiaoli YonakuniYonakuniYonakuni Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking WuyuWuyu ZhenhaiZhenhai TaichungTaichung (UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths 1986-11-14 172 6.3 VIII(4k) 0 XiameiXiamei HualianHualian 24°N NantouNantou 1998-07-17 75 5.7 VIII(13) 5 DouliuDouliu 1999-09-20 112 7.6 IX(1,952k) 2k Ma-kungMa-kung Ma-kungMa-kung Recent earthquakes in this area have caused TaibaoTaibaoTaibao secondary hazards such as landslides that XinyingXinying might have contributed to losses. TainanTainan 23°N KaohsiungKaohsiung Selected City Exposure from GeoNames.org MMI City Population IVIVIV HengchunHengchunIV VII Pingtung < 1k HengchunHengchun 22°N IIIIIIIIIIIIIII VI Fengshan < 1k III VI Kaohsiung 1,520k VI Yujing 17k V Taitung < 1k V Taitung City 111k 21°N V Tainan 771k ItbayatItbayatItbayat km IV Taichung 1,041k IV Taipei 7,872k BascoBasco 0UyuganUyugan 75 150 III Zhangzhou 590k III Xiamen 578k PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. bold cities appear on map (k = x1000) Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20004y6h Event ID: us20004y6h.