Magnitude 5.0 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

2009 November 15 17:19:47 UTC

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Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 17:19:47 UTC Monday, November 16, 2009 at 05:19:47 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	13.953°S, 174.208°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Distances	220 km (135 miles) ESE of MATA'UTU, Ile Uvea, Wallis and Futuna 225 km (140 miles) NNW of Hihifo, Tonga 265 km (165 miles) W of APIA, Samoa 2760 km (1720 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 39.6 km (24.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 70, Nph= 70, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.53 sec, Gp=162°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009paa4

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