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EARTHQUAKE on 19/03/2009 at 14:15 (UTC) CRETE, GREECE 16 km W Palaiokhora MAGNITUDE: mb 5.0 Data provided by: BGSG BUC GFU GFZ LDG LED LJU NEWS NOA ODC THE WAR Latitude = 35.19 N Longitude = 23.52 E Origin Time = 14:15:20.8 (UTC) Depth = 69 Km RMS = 1.24 sec Gap = 208 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 10.5 Km - Semi minor = 5.0 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 14 degrees Number of data used = 157 Preliminary location computed on Thu Mar 19 14:31:59 2009 (UTC) Done by Julien VERGOZ Comments : Message number: 1164 All magnitudes estimations : Mw5.6 (BGSG) M 4.9 (GFZ) mb4.6 (LDG) mb4.9 (NEWS) ML4.9 (NOA) ML4.7 (ODC) ML5.1 (THE) mb5.1 (WAR) 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 3/19/2009 04:32:00 PM
