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Magnitude 4.7 - NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

2008 September 27 04:01:44 UTC

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Magnitude

4.7

Date-Time

Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 04:01:44 UTC

Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 01:01:44 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

16.086°N, 48.696°W

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Distances

1215 km (760 miles) ENE of BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
1455 km (910
miles) NE of GEORGETOWN, Guyana
1875 km (1160 miles) E of SAN
JUAN, Puerto Rico

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 9.2 km (5.7 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 72, Nph= 72, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.74 sec,
Gp=115°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q

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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008xlat

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