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24 February 2017

INFO: Mw 6.9 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS 434 km SW Houma 24/02/2017 17:28 (UTC)

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EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 24/02/2017 at 17:28 (UTC)
SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS 434 km SW Houma

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.9

Data provided by: AT GFZ IMP INGV KAN LDG MAD NEIC PT PTWC SC
3

Latitude = 23.35 S
Longitude = 178.80 W
Origin Time = 17:28:43.4 (UTC)
Depth = 400 Km
RMS = 1.32 sec
Gap = 15 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 4.8 Km
- Semi minor = 3.9 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 134 degrees

Number of data used = 382

Preliminary location computed on Fri Feb 24 18:07:02 2017 (UTC)
Done by Pascal Roudil

Comments :

Message number: 2429

All magnitudes estimations :
Mi6.6 (AT) Mw6.9 (GFZ) M 6.8 (IMP) Mw6.8 (INGV) M
w6.4 (KAN) Mw6.9 (NEIC) Mi6.6 (PT) Mw6.6 (PTWC) M
6.7 (SC3)

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