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Magnitude 1.4 - GREATER NEW YORK AREA, NEW JERSEY

2009 February 16 19:38:31 UTC

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Magnitude

1.4

Date-Time

Monday, February 16, 2009 at 19:38:31 UTC

Monday, February 16, 2009 at 02:38:31 PM at epicenter

Location

40.948°N, 74.022°W

Depth

7 km (4.3 miles)

Region

GREATER NEW YORK AREA, NEW JERSEY

Distances

1 km (1 miles) ESE (121°) from Oradell, NJ

1 km (1 miles) N (349°) from New Milford, NJ

2 km (2 miles) W (277°) from Dumont, NJ

4 km (2 miles) E (89°) from Paramus, NJ

12 km (8 miles) ENE (73°) from Paterson, NJ

28 km (18 miles) NNW (342°) from New York,
NY

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles); depth +/- 1.4 km (0.9 miles)

Parameters

NST= 8, Nph= 17, Dmin=11.4 km, Rmss=0.24 sec, Gp=
72°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1

Source

Lamont-Doherty
Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)

Event
ID

ld1023335

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