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Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 5.0 GULF OF THAILAND
Saturday, October 07, 2006 at 21:12:26 UTC

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time Saturday, October 07, 2006 at 21:12:26 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, October 08, 2006 at 04:12:26 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 11.74N 100.11E
Depth 10 kilometers
Region GULF OF THAILAND
Reference 170 km (105 miles) NE of Chumphon, Thailand
185 km (115 miles) ESE of Mergui, Myanmar
225 km (140 miles) S of BANGKOK, Thailand
700 km (435 miles) SE of YANGON (Rangoon), Myanmar
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.6 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=54, Nph=54, Dmin=715.6 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Erho=10.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=81.6 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Earthquake Location

 


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