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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-at00424649.1.20090929T180313.951Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#at</sender>
<sent>2009-09-29T18:03:13+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-at00424649.1.20090929T175718.423Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#at</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Extreme</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS</senderName>
<headline>EQ 7.9 PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 7.9 occurred near PAGO PAGO, American Samoa at 17:48:15.00 UTC on Sep 29, 2009. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/at00424649.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#at</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2009-09-29T17:48:15+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=at00424649</parameter>
<parameter>Version=1</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=7.9</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=33.0 km (20.5 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=0.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=0.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=23</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=23</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=425.4 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=2.24 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=58 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>99 miles (159 km) SW of PAGO PAGO, American Samoa; 111 miles (179 km) S of APIA, Samoa; 274 miles (441 km) NE of Neiafu, Tonga; 1466 miles (2360 km) W of PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia</areaDesc>
<circle>-15.400,-171.600 157.1</circle>
</area>
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