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Magnitude 6.2 - NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND

2008 August 28 15:22:24 UTC

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Magnitude

6.2

Date-Time

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 15:22:24 UTC

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 02:22:24 PM at epicenter

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Location

0.084°N, 17.313°W

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND

Distances

945 km (590 miles) NNW of Ascension Island
975 km (610
miles) SSW of Bonthe, Sierra Leone
1035 km (640 miles) SSW of
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone
2145 km (1330 miles) ENE of Recife,
Pernambuco, Brazil

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 93, Nph= 93, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp=
76°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008wgck

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