Magnitude 6.6 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

2009 August 30 14:51:33 UTC

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Magnitude	6.6
Date-Time	Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 14:51:33 UTC Monday, August 31, 2009 at 03:51:33 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	15.187°S, 172.526°W
Depth	11 km (6.8 miles) set by location program
Region	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Distances	155 km (95 miles) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga 175 km (110 miles) SSW of APIA, Samoa 720 km (445 miles) NNE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 2715 km (1680 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=313, Nph=313, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=T
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009kybj

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