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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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