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Magnitude 4.6 - BAFFIN BAY

2008 May 03 18:23:05 UTC

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Magnitude

4.6

Date-Time

Saturday, May 03, 2008 at 18:23:05 UTC

Saturday, May 03, 2008 at 02:23:05 PM at epicenter

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Location

75.362°N, 61.219°W

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

BAFFIN BAY

Distances

245 km (150 miles) ESE of Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland
595 km
(370 miles) NE of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
1305 km (810
miles) NNW of NUUK (GODTHAB), Greenland
3390 km (2100 miles) N
of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.7 km (6.6 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 23, Nph= 23, Dmin=763.1 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp=
76°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008rpbr

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