Magnitude 5.0 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

2009 November 14 10:19:46 UTC

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Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:19:46 UTC Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 09:19:46 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	12.015°S, 166.300°E
Depth	24.3 km (15.1 miles)
Region	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances	150 km (95 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 400 km (250 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 750 km (465 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2205 km (1370 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 21 km (13.0 miles); depth +/- 5.4 km (3.4 miles)
Parameters	NST= 27, Nph= 30, Dmin=751.4 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=126°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009nzat

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