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31 March 2022

ALERT: Mw 6.5 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS 280 km S Umetch 31/03/2022 19:50 (UTC)

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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 31/03/2022 at 19:50 (UTC)
SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS 280 km S Umetch

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.5

Data provided by: AT AUST DJA GFZ IGC KAN MAD PT PTWC SC3

Latitude = 22.61 S
Longitude = 170.76 E
Origin Time = 19:50:41.0 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km
RMS = 1.62 sec
Gap = 66 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 8.8 Km
- Semi minor = 6.0 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 51 degrees

Number of data used = 127

Preliminary location computed on Thu Mar 31 20:08:02 2022 (UTC)
Done by Aurelie Trilla

Comments :

Message number: 3225

All magnitudes estimations :
Mi6.8 (AT) Mw6.6 (AUST) M 6.1 (DJA) M 6.1 (GFZ) M
5.6 (IGC) Mw6.1 (KAN) Mw6.4 (MAD) Mi6.8 (PT) Mw
6.8 (PTWC) M 5.5 (SC3)

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