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Magnitude 6.2 - SOLOMON ISLANDS

2007 April 4 06:34:34 UTC

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Magnitude

6.2

Date-Time

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 06:34:34 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 5:34:34 PM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

7.775°S, 156.495°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Distances

55 km (35 miles) NW of
Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Isl.
125 km (75 miles) S of
Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
425 km (265 miles) WNW of
HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2205 km (1370 miles) N of
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst=101, Nph=101, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.72 sec,
Gp=119°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007atay

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