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Magnitude 5.1 MARSHALL ISLANDS REGION
Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 04:14:24 UTC

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

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 04:14:24 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 04:14:24 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 15.37N 167.25E
Depth 10 kilometers
Region MARSHALL ISLANDS REGION
Reference 435 km (270 miles) S of Wake Island
2430 km (1510 miles) E of HAGATNA, Guam
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 7.6 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=66, Nph=66, Dmin=436.7 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Erho=7.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=51.1 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

 


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