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Magnitude 6.6 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

2007 September 28 01:35:52 UTC

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Magnitude

6.6

Date-Time

Friday, September 28, 2007 at 01:35:52 UTC

Friday, September 28, 2007 at 12:35:52 PM at epicenter

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Location

21.255°S, 169.412°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Distances

160 km (100 miles) E of
Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
190 km (115 miles) S of
Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
325 km (200 miles) ENE of NOUMEA, New
Caledonia
1800 km (1120 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland,
Australia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.8 km (6.7 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst=134, Nph=134, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp=
90°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007hvaq

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The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY
ISLANDS, about 160 km (100 miles) E of Tadine, Loyalty Islands or 1800 km (1120
miles) ENE of Brisbane, Australia at 7:35 PM MDT, Sep 27, 2007 (Sep 28 at 12:35
PM local time in New Caledonia). The magnitude and location may be revised when
additional data and further analysis results are available.

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