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EARTHQUAKE on 07/04/2009 at 04:23 (UTC) KURIL ISLANDS 140 km E Podgornyy MAGNITUDE: Mw 7.0 Data provided by: BEO BUC GFZ IGUT LED LJU MSO NEIC NEWS NOR ODC PTWC SOF ZAMG Latitude = 46.11 N Longitude = 151.59 E Origin Time = 04:23:32.6 (UTC) Depth = 40 Km RMS = 0.89 sec Gap = 49 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 5.0 Km - Semi minor = 3.0 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 165 degrees Number of data used = 318 Preliminary location computed on Tue Apr 7 04:51:44 2009 (UTC) Done by Julien VERGOZ Comments : Message number: 1171 All magnitudes estimations : mb6.7 (BEO) mb6.5 (BUC) M 6.8 (GFZ) ML6.8 (IGUT) mb6.5 (LED) mb6.6 (MSO) Mw7.0 (NEIC) mb5.2 (NEWS) mb6.2 (NOR) mb6.2 (ODC) Mw6.8 (PTWC) ML7.3 (SOF) 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 4/07/2009 07:52:00 AM
