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Magnitude 4.7 - WESTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

2008 May 02 15:56:29 UTC

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Magnitude

4.7

Date-Time

Friday, May 02, 2008 at 15:56:29 UTC

Friday, May 02, 2008 at 11:56:29 PM at epicenter

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Location

27.508°N, 101.919°E

Depth

38.7 km (24.0 miles)

Region

WESTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

Distances

110 km (65 miles) N of Panzhihua (Dukou), Sichuan, China
285
km (175 miles) NNW of Kunming, Yunnan, China
505 km (315 miles)
WSW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1920 km (1190 miles) SW of
BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 18.3 km (11.4 miles); depth +/- 36.4 km (22.6
miles)

Parameters

NST= 20, Nph= 20, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.43 sec,
Gp=104°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008rna6

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