Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre Rapid Determination of Source Parameters operated at LDG (Paris) and IGN (Madrid) ===================================================================== ==================== INFORMATION MESSAGE ========================= ===================================================================== EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT _____________________________________________________________________
EARTHQUAKE on 02/06/2009 at 02:17 (UTC) VANUATU 38 km W Matao tiupeniu MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.6 Data provided by: BGSG GFZ NEIC PTWC Latitude = 17.70 S Longitude = 167.83 E Origin Time = 02:17:08.7 (UTC) Depth = 46 Km RMS = 1.41 sec Gap = 68 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 8.7 Km - Semi minor = 7.3 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 145 degrees Number of data used = 85 Preliminary location computed on Tue Jun 2 02:42:15 2009 (UTC) Done by Remy Bossu Comments : Message number: 1199 All magnitudes estimations : Mw6.7 (BGSG) M 6.1 (GFZ) M 6.5 (NEIC) Mw6.5 (PTWC) 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 BN at 6/02/2009 05:42:00 AM
