PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT

GNS SCIENCE
GeoNet Data Centre
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
http://www.geonet.org.nz

The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS Science:

Reference number: 3125536/G
Universal Time: 16 July 2009 at 23:01
NZ Standard Time: Friday, 17 July 2009 at 11:01 am
Latitude, Longitude: 46.19°S, 166.36°E
Location: 100 km west of Tuatapere
Focal depth: 5 km
Richter magnitude: 5.2

Web page: http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3125536g.html

Possibly felt in southern South Island.

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