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Magnitude 4.6 BOUVET ISLAND REGION

Monday, September 15, 2008 at 04:03:12 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.6
Date-Time
  • Monday, September 15, 2008 at 04:03:12 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
  • Monday, September 15, 2008 at 04:03:12 AM local time at epicenter

    • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 51.49S 0.56W
    Depth 10 kilometers
    Region BOUVET ISLAND REGION
    Distances 420 km (260 miles) NW of Bouvet Island
    2490 km (1540 miles) SSW of Cape Town, South Africa
    Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 12.6 km; depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=28, Nph=28, Dmin=2253.5 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Erho=12.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=72.0 degrees
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID uswzew

    Earthquake Location

     


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