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Magnitude 3.7 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 at 16:52:59 UTC

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

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 3.7
Date-Time Wednesday, October 06, 2004 at 16:52:59 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, October 07, 2004 at 04:52:59 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 41.17S 175.07E
Depth 8 kilometers
Region NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Reference 25 km (15 miles) ENE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
100 km (65 miles) SSW of Palmerston North, New Zealand
245 km (155 miles) SW of Napier, New Zealand
250 km (155 miles) SSE of New Plymouth, New Zealand
Location Quality Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution
Location Quality
Parameters
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Source WEL

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