Performance of the Taiwan Rapid Earthquake Information Release System (RTD) during the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) Earthquake

Research Article| May 01, 2000 Performance of the Taiwan Rapid Earthquake Information Release System (RTD) during the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) Earthquake Yih-Min Wu; Yih-Min Wu 1Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar William H. K. Lee; William H. K. Lee 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chen-Chun Chen; Chen-Chun Chen 1Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Tzay-Chyn Shin; Tzay-Chyn Shin 1Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ta-Liang Teng; Ta-Liang Teng 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Yi-Ben Tsai Yi-Ben Tsai 3Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2000) 71 (3): 338–343. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.71.3.338 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Yih-Min Wu, William H. K. Lee, Chen-Chun Chen, Tzay-Chyn Shin, Ta-Liang Teng, Yi-Ben Tsai; Performance of the Taiwan Rapid Earthquake Information Release System (RTD) during the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters 2000;; 71 (3): 338–343. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.71.3.338 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search A major earthquake occurred near the town of Chi-Chi in Nantou County, Taiwan, at 1:47 am (local time), 21 September 1999, about 150 km south of Taipei. This is the largest earthquake to have occurred on land in Taiwan during the 20th century. Although Taiwan has an earthquake building code, thousands of buildings collapsed due to the earthquake, leaving more than 100,000 people homeless. The death toll exceeded 2,300 with more than 10,000 injured. Within 102 seconds after the earthquake's origin time, a good estimate of the hypocenter (23.87° N, 120.75° E, Depth = 10 km) and magnitude (M... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.