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Magnitude 6.7 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

2003 May 04 13:15:14 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time Sunday, May 04, 2003 at 13:15:14 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, May 05, 2003 at 01:15:14 AM local time at epicenter
Location 30.62S 178.37W
Depth 33.0 kilometers
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Reference 105 km (65 miles) NNE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
160 km (100 miles) SSW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
945 km (580 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1335 km (830 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 9.2 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=113, Nph=113, Dmin=867.8 km, Rmss=0.82 sec, Erho=9.2 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=31.4 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->


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