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Magnitude 6.4 - WESTERN XIZANG

2008 January 09 08:26:45 UTC

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Magnitude

6.4

Date-Time

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 08:26:45 UTC

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 04:26:45 PM at epicenter

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Location

32.315°N, 85.179°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

WESTERN XIZANG

Distances

445 km (275 miles) NE of
Jumla, Nepal
465 km (290 miles) NNE of Pokhara,
Nepal
490 km (305 miles) NW of Xigaze, Xizang (Tibet)
510
km (320 miles) N of KATHMANDU, Nepal

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 4.8 km (3.0 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst=155, Nph=155, Dmin=639 km, Rmss=0.9 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=moment
magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008lzah

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