Magnitude 5.8 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
2011 September 03 01:06:56 UTC
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| Magnitude | 5.8 |
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| Location | 12.784°S, 166.672°E |
| Depth | 101.2 km (62.9 miles) |
| Region | SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS |
| Distances | 245 km (152 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 309 km (192 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 575 km (357 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2163 km (1344 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 15.1 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 77, Nph= 79, Dmin=822.7 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | usc0005nmu |
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