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Date-Time:
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 17:14:48 UTC

Friday, May 28, 2010 at 04:14:48 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
13.710°S, 166.507°E

Depth:
36.1 km (22.4 miles)

Region:
VANUATU

Distances:
215 km (135 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

340 km (210 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.

485 km (300 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu

2070 km (1290 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 8.6 km (5.3 miles); depth +/- 21.2 km (13.2 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 69, Nph= 69, Dmin=857.7 km, Rmss=1.26 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010wubj

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.