Magnitude 4.9 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
2012 January 08 23:40:58 UTC
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| Magnitude | 4.9 |
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| Location | 23.330°S, 179.921°W |
| Depth | 524.2 km (325.7 miles) |
| Region | SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS |
| Distances | 322 km (200 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji 543 km (337 miles) WSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 591 km (367 miles) ESE of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji 1585 km (984 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 20.3 km (12.6 miles); depth +/- 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 66, Nph= 67, Dmin=685.7 km, Rmss=0.65 sec, Gp=104°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=3 |
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| Event ID | usc0007hqm |
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