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Event Time
2013-08-12 04:16:46 UTC
2013-08-11 16:16:46 UTC-12:00 at epicenter
Location
30.620°S 179.613°W depth=325.2km (202.1mi)
Nearby Cities
112km (70mi) NW of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand
800km (497mi) NE of Whangarei, New Zealand
861km (535mi) NE of North Shore, New Zealand
866km (538mi) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1139km (708mi) SSW of Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Technical Data
Comment: These "new efforts to increase transparency and build greater confidence" are to be seen in the stunt the US government pulled last week by shutting down its embassies in a swathe of predominantly Muslim countries, massively stepping up its bombing campaigns in several of them, and terrorising its citizens from straying beyond US borders.