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Magnitude 6.8 - VANUATU 08:28 UTC 08/10/09
Magnitude 6.8 -
VANUATU
2009 October 08 08:28:48
UTC
Earthquake
Details
Magnitude
6.8
Date-Time
Thursday,
October 08, 2009 at 08:28:48
UTC
Thursday, October 08, 2009
at 07:28:48 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time
Zones
Location
13.298°S,
165.951°E
Depth
35 km (21.7
miles) set by location program
Region
VANUATU
Distances
280 km
(175 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo,
Vanuatu
285 km (175 miles) S of Lata,
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
555 km (345
miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate,
Vanuatu
2070 km (1280 miles) NE of
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location
Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 9.1 km (5.7
miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=118,
Nph=118, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.5 sec, Gp=
29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw),
Version=8
Source
USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)
Event
ID
us2009mmbf
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