Magnitude 5.5 - VANUATU
2011 January 11 09:16:10 UTC
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| Magnitude | 5.5 |
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| Location | 13.200°S, 167.183°E |
| Depth | 231.4 km (143.8 miles) set by location program |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Distances | 260 km (160 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 310 km (195 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 515 km (320 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2160 km (1340 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.4 km (2.1 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=261, Nph=261, Dmin=893 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A |
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| Event ID | usc00011ik |
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