Magnitude 5.7 COMOROS REGION
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 06:46:19 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude | 5.7 |
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Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
Location | 10.69S 41.37E |
Depth | 10.0 kilometers |
Region | COMOROS REGION |
Distances |
140 km (85 miles) ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania 200 km (125 miles) NNE of Ibo, Mozambique 480 km (300 miles) SSE of DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania 1155 km (720 miles) SSE of NAIROBI, Kenya |
Location Uncertainty | Error estimate: horizontal +/- 5.2 km; depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | Nst=176, Nph=176, Dmin=1114.5 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Erho=5.2 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=47.9 degrees |
Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) |
Event ID | uswfaz |
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