Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.0 - VANUATU
2009 April 08 08:11:00 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.0 |
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| Location | 19.997°S, 168.027°E |
| Depth | 41.2 km (25.6 miles) set by location program |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Distances | 140 km (85 miles) WSW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 170 km (105 miles) N of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 250 km (155 miles) S of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 1740 km (1080 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 29, Nph= 29, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.82 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2009fea1 |
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