Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

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2012 September 27 16:54:44 UTC

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Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 16:54:44 UTC Friday, September 28, 2012 at 04:54:44 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	24.893°S, 179.256°W
Depth	515.1 km (320.1 miles)
Region	SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
Distances	473 km (293 miles) S of Ndoi Island, Fiji 588 km (365 miles) SW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga 784 km (487 miles) SSE of Suva, Fiji 857 km (532 miles) SSE of Nadi, Fiji
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16.3 km (10.1 miles); depth +/- 27.2 km (16.9 miles)
Parameters	NST= 48, Nph= 52, Dmin=499.8 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp=130°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc000cwyc

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