Date-Time

* Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 14:11:46 UTC
* Monday, January 19, 2009 at 02:11:46 AM at epicenter

Location 30.046°S, 177.951°W

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Distances

* 89 km (55 miles) S (185°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands

* 1026 km (638 miles) SSW (195°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga

* 3193 km (1984 miles) WSW (239°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Location Uncertainty - horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters NST=123, Nph=123, Dmin=88.2 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2009bzaw

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.