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Strong
6.4 Earthquake Rocks Vanuatu
01/09/11
It seems like these earthquakes over 5.0 keep
increasing as we get closer to the big show. Remembering that they changed the
scale for measuring earthquakes really makes this a 7.42 on the old scale.
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time Sunday, January 09, 2011 at 17:21:55 UTC
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 04:21:55 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 19.281°S, 168.132°E
Depth 32.8 km (20.4 miles)
Region VANUATU
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Distances 125 km (75 miles) WNW of Isangel,
Tanna, Vanuatu
170 km (105 miles) S of PORT-VILA, Efate,
Vanuatu
250 km (155 miles) N of Tadine, Loyalty Islands,
New Caledonia
1785 km (1110 miles) ENE of BRISBANE,
Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 17.7 km
(11.0 miles); depth +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles)
Parameters NST=145, Nph=145, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.99
sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi
method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00010zm.php |
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