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CRETE, GREECE

09/07/01 09:30:12 UTC
Epicenter 34.19N 25.43E

  Me   5.9
Broadband Source Parameters:
 BROADBAND DEPTH:        19.0 km
 RADIATED ENERGY
  No. of sta: 12  Focal mech.  M
  Energy       1.4+0.2*10**13 Nm
 COMMENT:  Complex earthquake
  observed on broadband
  displacement seismograms.  A
  tiny event is followed by a
  large event about 5 seconds
  later.

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