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Magnitude 5.1 - NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

2008 May 11 21:01:08 UTC

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Magnitude

5.1

Date-Time

Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 21:01:08 UTC

Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 07:01:08 PM at epicenter

Location

47.444°N, 27.387°W

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Distances

1444 km (897 miles) WSW (257°) from Cork, Ireland

1627 km (1011 miles) WSW (255°) from DUBLIN,
Ireland

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 18.6 km (11.6 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 45, Nph= 45, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.52 sec,
Gp=130°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

U.S. Geological
Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data
Center for Seismology, Denver

Event
ID

us2008rxbl

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

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