Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Taiwan on 02 Apr 2024 23:58 UTC

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M 7.4 in Taiwan on 02 Apr 2024 23:58 UTC

2024-04-03 02:03 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 occurred in TAIWAN at 2358 UTC on tuesday APRIL 2 2024
Based on all available data the TSUNAMI threat from this earthquake has now passed

Tsunami Observations

The following are tsunami wave observations from coastal and/or deep-ocean sea level gauges at the indicated locations the maximum tsunami height is measured with respect to the normal tide level

GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
Hualien Tw	24	121.6	00: 08	10	10
Ishigakijima Jp	24.3	124.2	01: 34	0.16	14
Chengong Tw	23.1	121.4	00: 41	0.45	18
Longdong Tw	25.1	121.9	00: 29	0.21	06

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
PTWC	Hualien Tw	24	121.6	00: 08	10	10
PTWC	Ishigakijima Jp	24.3	124.2	01: 34	0.16	14
PTWC	Chengong Tw	23.1	121.4	00: 41	0.45	18
PTWC	Longdong Tw	25.1	121.9	00: 29	0.21	06

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