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EARTHQUAKE on 21/04/2009 at 05:26 (UTC) KURIL ISLANDS 67 km NW Shelikhovo MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.0 Data provided by: BEO BGSG BUC GFZ LED LJU NEIC NEWS NOR ODC WAR ZAMG Latitude = 50.86 N Longitude = 155.08 E Origin Time = 05:26:09.5 (UTC) Depth = 149 Km RMS = 1.09 sec Gap = 37 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 4.9 Km - Semi minor = 3.4 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 168 degrees Number of data used = 356 Preliminary location computed on Tue Apr 21 05:49:40 2009 (UTC) Done by Pascal Roudil Comments : Message number: 1182 All magnitudes estimations : mb6.2 (BEO) Mw6.1 (BGSG) mb5.5 (BUC) M 6.1 (GFZ) mb5.6 (LED) Mw6.0 (NEIC) mb4.9 (NEWS) mb5.9 (NOR) mb6.0 (ODC) mb5.9 (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 4/21/2009 08:50:00 AM
