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European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
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EARTHQUAKE on 05/12/2018 at 06:43 (UTC)
SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS 173 km E Kurine
MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.7
Data provided by: AT GFZ KAN MAD PT PTWC SC3
Latitude = 21.84 S
Longitude = 169.75 E
Origin Time = 06:43:08.9 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km
RMS = 2.16 sec
Gap = 75 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 16.1 Km
- Semi minor = 13.8 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 8 degrees
Number of data used = 51
Preliminary location computed on Wed Dec 5 06:57:13 2018 (UTC)
Done by Julien VERGOZ
Comments :
Message number: 2723
All magnitudes estimations :
Mi7.0 (AT) M 6.3 (GFZ) Mb5.7 (KAN) Mi7.0 (PT) Mw
7.0 (PTWC) M 5.8 (SC3)
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