Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.6 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
2008 September 09 23:18:27 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.6 |
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| Location | 11.788°S, 166.492°E |
| Depth | 109.2 km (67.9 miles) |
| Region | SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS |
| Distances | 140 km (85 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 420 km (260 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 760 km (470 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2235 km (1390 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles); depth +/- 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=125, Nph=158, Dmin=761.4 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6 |
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| Event ID | us2008wtcp |
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