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Magnitude 5.2 - LAC KIVU REGION, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO

2008 October 05 00:02:14 UTC

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Magnitude

5.2

Date-Time

Sunday, October 05, 2008 at 00:02:14 UTC

Sunday, October 05, 2008 at 02:02:14 AM at epicenter

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Location

1.151°S, 29.248°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

LAC KIVU REGION, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO

Distances

60 km (35 miles) N of Goma, Dem. Republic of the Congo
125
km (80 miles) NW of KIGALI, Rwanda
840 km (520 miles) W of
NAIROBI, Kenya
1590 km (990 miles) ENE of KINSHASA, Dem.
Republic of the Congo

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 16 km (9.9 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 41, Nph= 41, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.43 sec, Gp=
68°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008xuab

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