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Magnitude 6.7 - SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

2003 October 1 01:03:25 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 01:03:25 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 9:03:25 AM
= local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 50.218°N, 87.685°E
Depth 10 km (6 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Distances
45 km (30 miles) WNW of Chaganuzun, Russia
265 km (165 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China
310 km (195 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia
3345 km (2070 miles) E of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.2 km (2.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=286, Nph=286, Dmin=552.6 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID uszjac


Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver