Magnitude 4.6 TONGA REGION
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 11:48:29 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 4.6 |
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| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 22.80S 174.87W |
| Depth | 35.0 kilometers |
| Region | TONGA REGION |
| Distances |
185 km (115 miles) SSE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 460 km (285 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 470 km (290 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga 1845 km (1150 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate: horizontal +/- 15.1 km; depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | Nst=29, Nph=29, Dmin=926.7 km, Rmss=1.14 sec, Erho=15.1 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=124.3 degrees |
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) |
| Event ID | usemaz |
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