Magnitude 4.8 - TONGA REGION

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2012 May 12 14:34:42 UTC

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Magnitude	4.8
Date-Time	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 14:34:42 UTC Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 02:34:42 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	23.752°S, 175.771°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	TONGA REGION
Distances	295 km (183 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 457 km (283 miles) SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 594 km (369 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga 1713 km (1064 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 28.7 km (17.8 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Parameters	NST= 27, Nph= 27, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp=133°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb0009nkm

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