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Date-Time:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:16:09 UTC

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 05:16:09 PM at epicenter

Location:
0.789°S, 99.961°E

Depth:
80 km (49.7 miles) set by location program

Distances:
45 km (30 miles) WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia

220 km (135 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia

475 km (295 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

960 km (590 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters:
NST= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=521.5 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2009mebz

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.