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EARTHQUAKE on 18/04/2009 at 19:17 (UTC) KURIL ISLANDS 125 km E Podgornyy MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.7 Data provided by: BEO BUC GFU GFZ LDG LED LJU NEIC NEWS NOR ODC PTWC WAR ZAMG Latitude = 46.09 N Longitude = 151.41 E Origin Time = 19:17:58.2 (UTC) Depth = 40 Km RMS = 1.11 sec Gap = 37 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 3.6 Km - Semi minor = 2.5 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 137 degrees Number of data used = 580 Preliminary location computed on Sat Apr 18 19:45:11 2009 (UTC) Done by Pascal Roudil Comments : Message number: 1181 All magnitudes estimations : mb6.9 (BEO) mb6.3 (BUC) M 6.7 (GFZ) mb6.8 (LDG) mb6.5 (LED) Mw6.6 (NEIC) mb5.2 (NEWS) mb6.6 (NOR) mb6.3 (ODC) Mw6.8 (PTWC) mb6.6 (WAR) mb6.7 (ZAMG) 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 4/18/2009 10:46:00 PM
