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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pdcj.Q.20080303T184100.844Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-03-03T18:41:01+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pdcj.6.20080303T183307.753Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Moderate</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 5.4 Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.4 occurred near Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen at 18:01:41.25 UTC on Mar 3, 2008. (This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008pdcj.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-03-03T18:01:41+00:00</parameter>
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<parameter>Version=Q</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.4</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=10.0 km (6.2 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=16.3 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=33</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=3,099.1 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=1.15 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=116 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>243 miles (391 km) ENE of Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen; 258 miles (416 km) SE of Salalah, Oman; 659 miles (1060 km) SSW of MUSCAT, Oman</areaDesc>
<circle>14.261,56.692 7.8</circle>
</area>
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