Magnitude 5.0 - SOLOMON ISLANDS
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2012 November 23 20:50:48 UTC
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Magnitude | 5.0 |
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Location | 10.733°S, 162.779°E |
Depth | 32 km (19.9 miles) |
Region | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
Distances | 98 km (60 miles) ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 341 km (211 miles) ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands 713 km (443 miles) NW of Luganville, Vanuatu 940 km (584 miles) ESE of Arawa, Papua New Guinea |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 91, Nph= 92, Dmin=341.8 km, Rmss=1.25 sec, Gp=104°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8 |
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Event ID | usc000dxgz |
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