Magnitude 4.4 OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 23:11:13 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 4.4 |
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| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 47.34S 165.04E |
| Depth | 33 kilometers |
| Region | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| Distances |
275 km (170 miles) WSW of Invercargill, New Zealand 365 km (230 miles) NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand 380 km (235 miles) SW of Queenstown, New Zealand 1020 km (640 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution |
| Parameters | not available |
| Source | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Event ID | usnjbz |
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