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Magnitude 5.3 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

2007 October 10 23:11:49 UTC

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Magnitude

5.3

Date-Time

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 23:11:49 UTC

Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 10:11:49 AM at epicenter

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Location

21.221°S, 170.144°E

Depth

65.5 km (40.7 miles)

Region

SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Distances

205 km (130 miles) SSE of
Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
235 km (145 miles) WNW of Ile Hunter,
Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia
430 km (265 miles) SSE of PORT-VILA,
Efate, Vanuatu
1785 km (1110 miles) NNW of Auckland, New
Zealand

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.7 km (6.6 miles); depth +/- 30.2 km (18.8
miles)

Parameters

Nst= 27, Nph= 27, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.72 sec,
Gp=115°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

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USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007ihcd

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