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Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (66 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

On the 10th floor of hotel.  Awoken by the strong shake but short. About 15 seconds.

Witness location : Wenshan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (66 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Strongest in some time to hit us. Felt like it lasted some time

Witness location : Nangang District (Taiwan, Province of China) (71 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Initial jolt was up and down, followed by left and right shaking. Heard the building crackle.

Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (71 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Very intense!! Near Yangming Mountain..

Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (71 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

some things fell off shelf

Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (71 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

18th floor of Grand Hyatt TPE. Woke up to the building shaking but it didn't last long and no noticeable damage. Got a text message saying it's about 4.0 magnitude.

Witness location : Yonghe District (Taiwan, Province of China) (72 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Heard a huge sound before the main shaking, the main shaking was a huge up-down following with a left-right shake about 10secs , then some light shakes continued for a least another 10 secs

Witness location : Daan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (72 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Woke up by a major tremor on top of 14th floor building in centre Taipei

Witness location : Daan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (73 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Assez fort, portes coulissantes ouvertes, livres et objets tombés de la bibliotèque

Witness location : Daan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (73 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Woke me up, nothing fell/broke.

Witness location : Daan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (73 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

heard the building crack
mad shaking

Witness location : Daan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (73 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

In TPE in the 6th floor and it was initially a very quick side jolt before continuing to shake before the second jolt. My tv almost fell off the shelf.

Witness location : Zhongshan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (74 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Very long

Witness location : Zhongshan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (75 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

I felt it really hard on second floor

Witness location : Zhongshan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (75 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Feels very very heavy 17rh floor Regent Taipei

Witness location : Zhongshan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (76 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Started with a bump directly from under then shaking to all directions felt above 5

Witness location : Shilin District (Taiwan, Province of China) (81 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

A few minutes ago

Witness location : Wugu District (Taiwan, Province of China) (83 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Gempa yg cukup kuat hingga saya kaget dan terbangun dari tidur

Witness location : Taoyuan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (84 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Started gently, then got more violent till some items fell off shelfs.

Witness location : Taoyuan District (Taiwan, Province of China) (87 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Was quite big vibration...

Witness location : Zhudong Township (Taiwan, Province of China) (90 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

A quite big but short movement on 20th floor here!

Witness location : Tamsui District (Taiwan, Province of China) (90 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

very strong

Witness location : Zhongli District (Taiwan, Province of China) (90 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 70 min

First jolt intense but second one was stronger and longer!

Witness location : Zhongli District (Taiwan, Province of China) (94 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

轉轉搖

Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (102 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I felt someone shaking the bed

Witness location : East District (Taiwan, Province of China) (105 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Sleeping at 2nd floor, wake up immediately, pretty shaking

Witness location : Beitun District (Taiwan, Province of China) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke me up bc the bed shook hard.

Witness location : Beitun District (Taiwan, Province of China) (133 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 653 min

Woke us up from sleep.

Witness location : Xitun District (Taiwan, Province of China) (136 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

On 14th floor of hotel. Pictures and lamps shaking building swayed alot.

Witness location : West District (Taiwan, Province of China) (137 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

I felt my bed shake for 4-5 seconds

Witness location : (Taiwan, Province of China) (137 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

I thought it was a dream cuz I 'm not sure if I just get rid of insomnia or not. Well .....

Witness location : Xitun District (Taiwan, Province of China) (138 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

It lasted for quite a long time, at least 20 seconds. There was a main shaking that woke me up from sleeping, which was strong enough to move the bed and cause quite a bit of noise. Then a very brief pause (maybe 0.5 seconds) followed by 2 seconds of light shaking.

Witness location : Zhuqi Township (Taiwan, Province of China) (184 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Small shake, probably 30 seconds