Magnitude 4.8 - SOLOMON ISLANDS
2012 January 15 02:40:09 UTC
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Magnitude | 4.8 |
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Location | 7.296°S, 155.109°E |
Depth | 96.5 km (60.0 miles) |
Region | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
Distances | 126 km (78 miles) SSW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 171 km (106 miles) WSW of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 579 km (359 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2248 km (1396 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 7.5 km (4.7 miles); depth +/- 15.7 km (9.8 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 47, Nph= 47, Dmin=473.6 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6 |
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Event ID | usc0007l2m |
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