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 16/05/2009 at 00:53 (UTC) KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION 727 km NE Hicks bay MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.7 Data provided by: BGSG BUC GFU GFZ LJU MAD NEIC NOR ZAMG Latitude = 31.52 S Longitude = 178.76 W Origin Time = 00:53:46.9 (UTC) Depth = 10 Km (f) RMS = 1.24 sec Gap = 20 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 6.8 Km - Semi minor = 4.5 Km - Azimuth of major axis = 125 degrees Number of data used = 353 Preliminary location computed on Sat May 16 01:46:02 2009 (UTC) Done by Gilles Mazet-Roux Comments : Message number: 1190 All magnitudes estimations : Mw6.7 (BGSG) M 6.5 (GFZ) mb6.9 (MAD) M 6.7 (NEIC) mb6.1 (NOR) mb6.4 (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 BN at 5/16/2009 04:46:00 AM
