Vanuatu - Earthquake Magnitude 7.8

US Geological Survey
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:38 UTC

© USGS

Date-Time:
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:03:15 UTC

Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:03:15 AM at epicenter

Location:
13.052°S, 166.187°E

Depth:
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Distances:
260 km (160 miles) S of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.

295 km (180 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

785 km (490 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

2100 km (1310 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters:
NST=169, Nph=169, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.32 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2009mlcf

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.