Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 09:30:30 UTC

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Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 09:30:30 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 08:30:30 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 10.54S 165.18E
Depth 44 kilometers
Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances 73 km (45 miles) WNW of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
358 km (222 miles) E of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl.
587 km (364 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2267 km (1408 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty Error estimate
Parameters Nst=64, Nph=64, Dmin=1280.1 km, Rmss=0.63 sec, Erho=6.7 km, Erzz=11.3 km, Gp=61.6 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2012vtal

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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver