Magnitude 5.9 FIJI REGION
Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 10:08:28 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude
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5.9
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Date-Time
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Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 10:08:28 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 10:08:28 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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Location
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15.47S 177.33W
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Depth
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15 kilometers
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Region
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FIJI REGION
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Reference
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160 km (100 miles) SE of Sigave, Ile Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
275 km (170 miles) SSW of MATA'UTU, Ile Uvea, Wallis and Futuna
365 km (230 miles) ENE of Lambasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji
2490 km (1550 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
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Location Quality
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Error estimate: horizontal +/- 11.2 km; depth +/- 0.0 km
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Location Quality Parameters
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Nst=143, Nph=143, Dmin=3881.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Erho=11.2 km, Erzz=0.0 km, Gp=95.3 degrees
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Source
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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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