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EARTHQUAKE on 09/04/2009 at 00:53 (UTC) CENTRAL ITALY 19 km NW L'aquila MAGNITUDE: mb 5.2 Data provided by: BEO BGSG BUC GFU GFZ INGV LDG LJU NEWS ODC Latitude = 42.52 N Longitude = 13.38 E Origin Time = 00:53:00.5 (UTC) Depth = 2 Km RMS = 1.31 sec Gap = 23 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 2.8 Km - Semi minor = 1.9 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 49 degrees Number of data used = 276 Preliminary location computed on Thu Apr 9 01:19:34 2009 (UTC) Done by Julien VERGOZ Comments : Message number: 1175 All magnitudes estimations : ML5.7 (BEO) mb5.3 (BGSG) ML4.4 (BGSG) Mw5.6 (BGSG) ML4.7 (GFU) M 5.5 (GFZ) ML5.1 (INGV) ML5.1 (INGV) ML5.1 (INGV) ML4.8 (LDG) ML5.8 (LJU) mb4.3 (NEWS) ML5.2 (ODC) 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 4/09/2009 04:19:00 AM
