Magnitude 5.1 - VANUATU

2009 November 16 05:56:13 UTC

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Magnitude	5.1
Date-Time	Monday, November 16, 2009 at 05:56:13 UTC Monday, November 16, 2009 at 04:56:13 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	14.419°S, 167.247°E
Depth	189.8 km (117.9 miles)
Region	VANUATU
Distances	125 km (75 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 385 km (240 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 435 km (270 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 2070 km (1280 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 10.7 km (6.6 miles); depth +/- 12.2 km (7.6 miles)
Parameters	NST= 50, Nph= 52, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.61 sec, Gp= 54°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009pbaf

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