Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

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2012 November 04 12:13:01 UTC

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Magnitude	5.1
Date-Time	Sunday, November 04, 2012 at 12:13:01 UTC Sunday, November 04, 2012 at 11:13:01 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	22.278°S, 171.432°E
Depth	94 km (58.4 miles)
Region	SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
Distances	65 km (40 miles) WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 456 km (283 miles) ESE of We, New Caledonia 499 km (310 miles) E of Mont-Dore, New Caledonia 512 km (318 miles) E of Noumea, New Caledonia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 25.2 km (15.7 miles); depth +/- 10 km (6.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 47, Nph= 50, Dmin=515.4 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp=173°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb000dk67

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