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Magnitude 6.5 - FIJI REGION

2008 January 15 17:52:15 UTC

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Magnitude

6.5

Date-Time

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 17:52:15 UTC

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 05:52:15 AM at epicenter

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Location

21.882°S, 179.532°W

Depth

597.6 km (371.3 miles) set by location program

Region

FIJI REGION

Distances

160 km (100 miles) SSW of
Ndoi Island, Fiji
450 km (280 miles) W of NUKU'ALOFA,
Tonga
465 km (290 miles) SSE of SUVA, Viti Levu,
Fiji
1755 km (1090 miles) NNE of Auckland, New
Zealand

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst=200, Nph=200, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp=
14°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008mfa2

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