Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - West of MacQuarie Island

USGS
Mon, 09 May 2011 15:35 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Monday, May 09, 2011 at 18:54:42 UTC

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 04:54:42 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
56.612°S, 147.837°E

Depth:
1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)

Region:
WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

Distances:
730 km (453 miles) WSW of Macquarie Island, Australia

1192 km (740 miles) NNE of Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica

1523 km (946 miles) S of HOBART, Tasmania, Australia

2100 km (1304 miles) S of MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 16.7 km (10.4 miles); depth +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 76, Nph= 82, Dmin=740.3 km, Rmss=1.82 sec, Gp= 76°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usc00039sb