Feeds & DataMagnitude 6.9 - VANUATU
2008 September 08 18:52:08 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 6.9 |
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| Location | 13.514°S, 166.967°E |
| Depth | 121.8 km (75.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Distances | 225 km (140 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 335 km (205 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 490 km (305 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2115 km (1320 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=326, Nph=326, Dmin=889 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=V |
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| Event ID | us2008wsbh |
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