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19 August 2020

INFO: Mw 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 117 km SW Ketaun 18/08/2020 22:29 (UTC)

Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 18/08/2020 at 22:29 (UTC)
SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 117 km SW Ketaun

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.8

Data provided by: AUST DJA GFZ KAN SC3

Latitude = 4.23 S
Longitude = 101.18 E
Origin Time = 22:29:22.7 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km (f)
RMS = 1.42 sec
Gap = 44 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 8.5 Km
- Semi minor = 5.7 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 32 degrees

Number of data used = 120

Preliminary location computed on Tue Aug 18 22:48:42 2020 (UTC)
Done by G MR

Comments :

Message number: 2991

All magnitudes estimations :
Mw6.8 (AUST) M 6.8 (DJA) M 6.8 (GFZ) Mw6.7 (KAN)
M 6.7 (SC3)

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