5.0 Mb - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.0 Mb
Date-Time
17 Jul 2012 12:38:31 UTC
18 Jul 2012 00:38:31 near epicenter
17 Jul 2012 04:38:31 standard time in your timezone
Location 31.700S 176.073W
Depth 35 km
Distances
322 km (200 miles) SSE (148 degrees) of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
1176 km (731 miles) S (184 degrees) of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
3095 km (1923 miles) SW (234 degrees) of PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 24.8 km; Vertical 3.0 km
Parameters Nph = 28; Dmin = 325.1 km; Rmss = 1.71 seconds; Gp = 165°
M-type = Mb; Version = 4
Event ID US b000b8mi


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