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Magnitude 5.5 - WESTERN XIZANG

2008 January 22 18:43:39 UTC

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Magnitude

5.5

Date-Time

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 18:43:39 UTC

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 02:43:39 AM at epicenter

Location

32.417°N, 85.276°E

Depth

50 km (31.1 miles) set by location program

Region

WESTERN XIZANG

Distances

458 km (284 miles) NE (40°) from Jumla, Nepal

482 km (300 miles) NNE (15°) from Pokhara, Nepal

525 km (326 miles) N (360°) from KATHMANDU, Nepal

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 9.7 km (6.0 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 44, Nph= 44, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.07 sec,
Gp=101°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

U.S. Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center
for Seismology, Denver

Event
ID

us2008mma3

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

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