Magnitude 5.0 - VANUATU
2011 May 02 00:44:34 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 5.0 |
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| Location | 14.407°S, 167.103°E |
| Depth | 270.9 km (168.3 miles) |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Distances | 124 km (77 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 390 km (242 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 431 km (267 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 2057 km (1278 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 17.1 km (10.6 miles); depth +/- 11.3 km (7.0 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 55, Nph= 55, Dmin=954 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6 |
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| Event ID | usc00033gi |
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