Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
operated at LDG (Paris) and IGN (Madrid)
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WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
an INFORMATION message.
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EARTHQUAKE on 28/10/2017 at 19:11 (UTC)
NORTH OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND 576 km NW Rudolfa
MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.0
Data provided by: GFZ GSRC KAN NEIC NEWS SC3
Latitude = 86.98 N
Longitude = 56.93 E
Origin Time = 19:11:02.4 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km
RMS = 1.14 sec
Gap = 68 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 5.7 Km
- Semi minor = 3.7 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 96 degrees
Number of data used = 203
Preliminary location computed on Sat Oct 28 19:31:58 2017 (UTC)
Done by S Godey
Comments :
Message number: 2516
All magnitudes estimations :
M 5.7 (GFZ) Mb5.6 (GSRC) Mw5.8 (KAN) Mw6.0 (NEIC)
Mb3.6 (NEWS) M 5.8 (SC3)
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