6.0 Mwp - SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0 Mwp
Date-Time
23 Oct 2012 09:39:31 UTC
23 Oct 2012 20:39:31 near epicenter
23 Oct 2012 01:39:31 standard time in your timezone
Location 22.316S 171.675E
Depth 127 km
Distances
398 km (247 miles) SE (141 degrees) of Isangel, Vanuatu
401 km (249 miles) ESE (103 degrees) of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
538 km (334 miles) E (92 degrees) of NOUMEA, New Caledonia
1645 km (1022 miles) N (349 degrees) of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 14.6 km; Vertical 6.3 km
Parameters Nph = 333; Dmin = 539.7 km; Rmss = 0.90 seconds; Gp = 24°
M-type = Mwp; Version = 7
Event ID us b000dbf7


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