Earthquake Location

Magnitude 5.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 22:41:29 UTC

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Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

Earthquake Location
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

Map of SOLOMON ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Magnitude	5.4
Date-Time	Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 22:41:29 UTC Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 09:41:29 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	10.910°S, 166.092°E
Depth	102 km (63.4 miles)
Region	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances	35 km (20 miles) SE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 460 km (285 miles) E of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl. 690 km (430 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2295 km (1420 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Parameters	NST= 78, Nph= 80, Dmin=692.4 km, Rmss=0.9 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010xkb9