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Magnitude 5.3 RODRIGUES REGION, MAURITIUS

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 04:20:36 UTC

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 04:20:36 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 08:20:36 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 20.51S 64.52E
Depth 10 kilometers
Region RODRIGUES REGION, MAURITIUS
Distances 145 km (90 miles) SE of Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
735 km (455 miles) E of PORT LOUIS, Mauritius
3525 km (2190 miles) E of Durban, South Africa
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 18.0 km; depth +/- 4.5 km
Parameters Nst=143, Nph=143, Dmin=733.4 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Erho=18.0 km, Erzz=4.5 km, Gp=-1.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID uspsah

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