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Magnitude 7.0 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

2008 September 29 15:19:29 UTC

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Magnitude

7.0

Date-Time

Monday, September 29, 2008 at 15:19:29 UTC

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 03:19:29 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

29.860°S, 177.653°W

Depth

20.1 km (12.5 miles) set by location program

Region

KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Distances

70 km (45 miles) SSE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
210
km (130 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
1050 km
(650 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1440 km (890 miles) NNE
of WELLINGTON, New Zealand

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST=239, Nph=239, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp=
32°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008xna6

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