Magnitude 7.0 - LOYALTY ISLANDS

2011 January 13 16:16:41 UTC

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Magnitude	7.0
Date-Time	Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 16:16:41 UTC Friday, January 14, 2011 at 03:16:41 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	20.622°S, 168.459°E
Depth	9 km (5.6 miles) set by location program
Region	LOYALTY ISLANDS
Distances	120 km (75 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 145 km (90 miles) SW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 275 km (170 miles) NE of NOUMEA, New Caledonia 1740 km (1080 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 3.3 km (2.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=545, Nph=545, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=C
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc00012cx

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