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EARTHQUAKE on 13/01/2009 at 06:12 (UTC) CRETE, GREECE 36 km N Palaikastron MAGNITUDE: ML 5.1 Data provided by: BGSG GFU GFZ INGV NOA ODC THE WAR Latitude = 35.52 N Longitude = 26.32 E Origin Time = 06:12:41.9 (UTC) Depth = 40 Km RMS = 1.32 sec Gap = 215 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 21.6 Km - Semi minor = 6.8 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 143 degrees Number of data used = 153 Preliminary location computed on Tue Jan 13 06:29:53 2009 (UTC) Done by Bruno Hernandez Comments : Message number: 1149 All magnitudes estimations : ML5.1 (BGSG) M 5.6 (GFZ) ML5.0 (INGV) ML5.1 (NOA) ML5.3 (THE) P.S.: For additional information, please contact EMSC at: - Email: [email protected] - Web : http://www.emsc-csem.org (maps available) - Fax : 33 1 69 26 70 00 -- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 1/13/2009 08:30:00 AM
