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Magnitude 7.8 - VANUATU REGION

Magnitude 7.3 - VANUATU REGION
[Now updated to 7.8 - Magnitude 7.8 - VANUATU]
2009 October 07 22:18:43 UTC
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude
7.3
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:18:43 UTC
Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:18:43 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
13.684°S, 164.709°E
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region
VANUATU REGION
Distances
330 km (205 miles) NW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
350 km (215 miles) SSW of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
590 km (365 miles) NW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
1950 km (1210 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST= 93, Nph= 93, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.48 sec, Gp= 76°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
us2009mlci

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