Magnitude 6.5 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
2009 January 19 03:35:19 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 6.5 |
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| Location | 22.604°S, 170.881°E |
| Depth | 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
| Region | SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS |
| Distances | 120 km (75 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia 335 km (205 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 460 km (285 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia 1620 km (1010 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 99, Nph= 99, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 |
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| Event ID | us2009caak |
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