Magnitude 7.3 - VANUATU

2010 August 10 05:23:46 UTC

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Magnitude	7.3
Date-Time	Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 05:23:46 UTC Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 04:23:46 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	17.561°S, 168.028°E
Depth	35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region	VANUATU
Distances	35 km (20 miles) WNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 240 km (150 miles) SSE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 255 km (160 miles) NNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 1890 km (1180 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7 km (4.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=185, Nph=185, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.22 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010zuaq

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