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Magnitude 5.3 TOKELAU
Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 01:57:40 UTC

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 01:57:40 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, September 02, 2006 at 03:57:40 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 8.26S 170.16W
Depth 10 kilometers
Region TOKELAU
Reference 555 km (345 miles) WNW of Pukapuka, Cook Islands
625 km (385 miles) SSE of Canton Island, Kiribati
1815 km (1130 miles) NW of RAROTONGA, Cook Islands
3510 km (2180 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.7 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=131, Nph=131, Dmin=4685.9 km, Rmss=0.78 sec, Erho=10.7 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=117.3 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Earthquake Location

 


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