SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.2 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

2010 July 06 16:38:07 UTC

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Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Tuesday, July 06, 2010 at 16:38:07 UTC Wednesday, July 07, 2010 at 03:38:07 AM at epicenter
Location	22.405°S, 171.766°E
Depth	146.9 km (91.3 miles)
Region	SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
Distances	30 km (20 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia 300 km (185 miles) WSW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji 550 km (340 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia 1635 km (1010 miles) N of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 12.2 km (7.6 miles); depth +/- 26.7 km (16.6 miles)
Parameters	NST= 23, Nph= 23, Dmin=836.6 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Gp=112°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010yja9

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