Magnitude 7.5 LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION
1998 January 04 06:11:58 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 7.5 | |
| Date-Time | 1998 01 04 06:11:58 UTC | ||
| Location | 22.30S 170.91E | ||
| Depth | 100.0 kilometers | ||
| Region | LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION | ||
| Reference |
120 km (75 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia 325 km (200 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 460 km (285 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia 1650 km (1030 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
| Remarks | Complex earthquake, with at least two larger events occurring about 13 and 23 seconds after the onset |
NB:
The region name is an automatically generated name
from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.
The boundaries of
these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from
irregular political boundaries.
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