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Magnitude 4.7 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
Friday, December 02, 2005 at 09:47:45 UTC

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

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time Friday, December 02, 2005 at 09:47:45 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, December 02, 2005 at 12:47:45 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 11.85N 43.49E
Depth 10 kilometers
Region NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
Reference 45 km (30 miles) NE of DJIBOUTI, Djibouti
150 km (95 miles) SSE of Assab, Eritrea
200 km (125 miles) WSW of Aden, Yemen
200 km (125 miles) SSW of Taizz, Yemen
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.9 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=33, Nph=33, Dmin=78.9 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Erho=10.9 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=96.8 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

 


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