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Magnitude 2.6 ILLINOIS

2008 August 30 00:46:00 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 2.6
Date-Time 2008 08 30 00:46:00 UTC
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.27N 89.44W
Depth 13.7 kilometers
Region ILLINOIS
Distances NEAR Cape Girardeau, Missouri
40 km (25 miles) NW of Cairo, Illinois
170 km (105 miles) SSE of St. Louis, Missouri
280 km (175 miles) ESE of JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 0.9 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=28, Nph=45, Dmin=5.9 km, Rmss=0.22 sec, Gp=68.4 degrees
Source Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network
Event ID nmhnw0830a

Earthquake Location

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