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31 October 2017

ALERT: Mw 6.7 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS 106 km E Kurine 31/10/2017 00:42 (UTC)

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EARTHQUAKE on 31/10/2017 at 00:42 (UTC)
SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS 106 km E Kurine

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.7

Data provided by: AUST BUD GFZ GSRC INGV KAN NEIC PTWC SEO

Latitude = 21.71 S
Longitude = 169.11 E
Origin Time = 00:42:11.8 (UTC)
Depth = 20 Km (f)
RMS = 1.51 sec
Gap = 103 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 11.0 Km
- Semi minor = 8.6 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 60 degrees

Number of data used = 88

Preliminary location computed on Tue Oct 31 01:09:23 2017 (UTC)
Done by Sophie Merrer

Comments :

Message number: 2517

All magnitudes estimations :
M 7.0 (AUST) M 6.5 (BUD) M 6.4 (GFZ) Mb6.1 (GSRC)
Mw6.6 (INGV) Mw6.5 (KAN) Mw6.8 (NEIC) Mw7.0 (PTWC)
M 7.0 (SEO)

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