Table 1 List of earthquakes with a magnitude ≥7.0 for comparison among our catalog M w , Harvard M w , and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) catalog during 1973–2014
From: An updated and refined catalog of earthquakes in Taiwan (1900–2014) with homogenized M w magnitudes
Date | Time (UTC) | Lat. (N) | Long. (E) | Depth (km) | USGS (M) | New converted (M w ) | Harvard (M w ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978/07/23 | 14/42/38.18 | 22.35 | 121.33 | 6.10 | 7.4 | >6.2< | 7.2 |
1978/12/23 | 11/23/11.67 | 23.30 | 122.00 | 4.12 | 7.2 | >6.6< | 7.0 |
1986/11/14 | 21/20/04.52 | 23.99 | 121.83 | 15.00 | 7.8 | >6.4< | 7.3 |
1996/09/05 | 23/42/07.88 | 22.00 | 121.37 | 14.76 | 6.8 | <7.0> | 6.8 |
1999/09/20 | 17/47/15.85 | 23.85 | 120.82 | 8.00 | 7.7 | >7.3< | 7.6 |
2002/03/31 | 06/52/49.95 | 24.14 | 122.19 | 13.81 | 7.1 | >6.7< | 7.1 |
2004/10/15 | 04/08/50.18 | 24.46 | 122.85 | 91.03 | 6.7 | <7.0> | 6.6 |
2006/12/26 | 12/26/21.00 | 21.69 | 120.56 | 44.11 | 7.1 | >6.9< | 7.0 |