Magnitude 5.2 - SOLOMON ISLANDS

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2012 September 28 23:22:31 UTC

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Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Friday, September 28, 2012 at 23:22:31 UTC Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10:22:31 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	8.976°S, 157.426°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	SOLOMON ISLANDS
Distances	116 km (72 miles) SSE of Gizo, Solomon Islands 282 km (175 miles) W of Honiara, Solomon Islands 369 km (229 miles) SE of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 766 km (475 miles) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.6 km (9.7 miles); depth +/- 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=113, Nph=114, Dmin=281.6 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc000cxzx

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