Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.8 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
2008 September 12 16:44:30 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.8 |
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| Location | 21.682°S, 170.467°E |
| Depth | 111.1 km (69.0 miles) set by location program |
| Region | SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS |
| Distances | 180 km (115 miles) WNW of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia 265 km (165 miles) SSE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 420 km (260 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia 1740 km (1080 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 69, Nph= 69, Dmin=907.3 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 76°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 |
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| Event ID | us2008wwbf |
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