Magnitude 5.3 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

2010 November 09 13:05:06 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Tuesday, November 09, 2010 at 13:05:06 UTC Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 01:05:06 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	14.949°S, 173.771°W
Depth	28.7 km (17.8 miles)
Region	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Distances	110 km (70 miles) N of Hihifo, Tonga 250 km (155 miles) WSW of APIA, Samoa 700 km (435 miles) NNE of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 2685 km (1660 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 24.3 km (15.1 miles); depth +/- 1.7 km (1.1 miles)
Parameters	NST=156, Nph=156, Dmin=927.3 km, Rmss=0.63 sec, Gp= 97°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc000087h

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