Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - Southeast of The Loyalty Islands

USGS
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:24 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 at 06:46:17 UTC

Wednesday, January 05, 2011 at 05:46:17 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
22.304°S, 171.595°E

Depth:
135.9 km (84.4 miles)

Region:
SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Distances:
50 km (30 miles) WNW of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia

315 km (195 miles) WSW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji

530 km (330 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia

1635 km (1020 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 19.6 km (12.2 miles); depth +/- 7.5 km (4.7 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 79, Nph= 79, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp= 97°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=7

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usc0000z67