Magnitude 7.8 South of Fiji Islands
1997 October 14 09:53:18 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 7.8 | |
| Date-Time | 1997 10 14 09:53:18 UTC | ||
| Location | 22.10S 176.77W | ||
| Depth | 167 kilometers | ||
| Region | South of Fiji Islands | ||
| Reference |
190 km (120 miles) WSW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 255 km (160 miles) SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 480 km (300 miles) SW of Neiafu, Tonga 1830 km (1140 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
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Location Quality Parameters |
Not available | ||
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
| Comments | Felt at Wellington, New Zealand. Complex earthquake, with two events occurring about 6 and 12 seconds after the onset |
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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.
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