Magnitude 5.9 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
2011 September 01 06:14:39 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 5.9 |
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| Location | 12.470°S, 166.503°E |
| Depth | 35.4 km (22.0 miles) |
| Region | SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS |
| Distances | 207 km (128 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 346 km (214 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 614 km (381 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2178 km (1353 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=127, Nph=127, Dmin=791.5 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 |
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| Event ID | usc0005mqt |
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