Earthquake Green Shaking Alert M 6.3, TAIWAN Origin Time: Thu 2013-10-31 12:02:08 UTC (20:02:08 local) PAGER o o Location: 23.59 N 121.44 E Depth: 10 km Version 13 Created: 10 weeks, 0 days after earthquake Estimated Fatalities Green alert for shaking-related fatalities Estimated Economic Losses and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage. 67% 65% 30% 30% 3% 4% 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 - -* 22,596k 14,676k 102k 182k 27k 0 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 in structures that are resistant to earthquake 119°E 121°E 123°E shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are adobe block and reinforced FuqingFuqing masonry construction. LongtianLongtianLongtian TanchengTanchengTancheng PutianPutian Historical Earthquakes (with MMI levels): TaipeiTaipei Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking LuochengLuochengLuocheng TaipeiTaipeiIII QuanzhouQuanzhou 25°N (UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths NeikengNeikeng NeikengNeikeng HsinchuHsinchu YilanYilan 1999-10-22 100 5.5 VIII(21k) 0 YongningYongningYongning JinjingJinjingJinjing 2002-03-31 106 7.1 VIII(16k) 5 JinjingJinjingJinjing MiaoliMiaoli YonakuniYonakuniYonakuni 1999-09-20 54 7.6 IX(1,952k) 2k Recent earthquakes in this area have caused TaichungTaichung secondary hazards such as landslides that HualianHualian 24°N might have contributed to losses. NantouNantou IVIVIVIVIV DouliuDouliu Ma-kungMa-kung V TaibaoTaibaoTaibao VVV XinyingXinying Selected City Exposure from GeoNames.org IIIIIIIIIIII MMI City Population TainanTainan 23°N VI Hualian 350k KaohsiungKaohsiung IV Banqiao 543k IV Taipei 7,872k IV Taoyuan City 402k HengchunHengchun IV Taoyuan < 1k HengchunHengchunIII 22°N IV Yilan 94k IV Hsinchu 404k km IV Taichung 1,041k III Kaohsiung 1,520k 0 75 150 III Tainan 771k 21°N III Fuzhou 1,180k 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/pager Event ID: usc000ksdy.