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Magnitude 6.6 - VANUATU ISLANDS

2003 November 6 10:38:04 UTC

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Magnitude 6.6
Date-Time Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 10:38:04 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 9:38:04 PM
= local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 19.366°S, 168.890°E
Depth 112 km (70 miles) set by location program
Region VANUATU ISLANDS
Distances
45 km (30 miles) WNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
190 km (120 miles) SSE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
260 km (160 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
1860 km (1150 miles) ENE of Brisbane, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.9 km (4.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=153, Nph=153, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usavah


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