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09 December 2016

INFO: Mw 6.9 SOLOMON ISLANDS 50 km SW Apaoro 09/12/2016 19:10 (UTC)

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EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 09/12/2016 at 19:10 (UTC)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 50 km SW Apaoro

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.9

Data provided by: BUD GFZ INGV JMA KAN MAD NEIC PTWC SC3

Latitude = 10.72 S
Longitude = 161.08 E
Origin Time = 19:10:05.6 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km (f)
RMS = 1.50 sec
Gap = 34 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 6.7 Km
- Semi minor = 5.3 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 52 degrees

Number of data used = 141

Preliminary location computed on Fri Dec 9 19:39:21 2016 (UTC)
Done by Y Cano

Comments :

Message number: 2390

All magnitudes estimations :
M 6.6 (BUD) M 6.6 (GFZ) Mw6.9 (INGV) Mw6.9 (JMA)
Mw6.6 (KAN) Mw6.9 (NEIC) Mw6.9 (PTWC) M 6.4 (SC3)

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