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Magnitude 5.7 - SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

2008 May 17 17:08:25 UTC

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Magnitude

5.7

Date-Time

Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 17:08:25 UTC

Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 01:08:25 AM at epicenter

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Location

32.209°N, 104.975°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

Distances

85 km (50 miles) WSW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
85 km (55
miles) NNE of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
330 km (205 miles) NNW of
Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1335 km (830 miles) SW of
BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 4 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

NST=188, Nph=188, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp=
36°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008sda9

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Felt (IV) at Chengdu; (III) at Chongqing and Xian. Felt at Deyang, Hanzhong,
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