Magnitude 5.9 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

2009 December 23 01:11:58 UTC

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Magnitude	5.9
Date-Time	Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 01:11:58 UTC Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 08:11:58 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	1.419°S, 99.448°E
Depth	19 km (11.8 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region	KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances	115 km (70 miles) WSW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 310 km (190 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 560 km (350 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 960 km (600 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth +/- 23.6 km (14.7 miles)
Parameters	NST= 87, Nph= 87, Dmin=366.2 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009qnag

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