Metadata
- Magnitude:
- CWA Taiwan:
7.2 - USGS:
7.4
- CWA Taiwan:
Resource
- USGS finite fault solution shows that the earthquake rupture and expand unidirectionally to the north. The fault plane dips to the east. The solution fit the aftershock distribution, too.
- Taiwan Earthquake Research Center’s rapid report in Chinese.
Exploratory analysis
Below are some plots I produced in preparation for a radio interview. The catalogs comes from the Seismological Center of the Central Weather Agency, Taiwan.
First up is the magnitude versus time plot. The rate decrease with time, however even at 14 days after, there is still magnitude-five event.
Next up, I use the proposed aftershock decay relation from Page et. al. (2016). The relation also help gauging the aftershock rate into the future.
Then I look at the space-time distribution of the aftershocks. I have no idea how accurate the initial catalog is. This provide a rough estimate of the fault plane.
