Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 22:48:31 UTC

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Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Monday, January 16, 2012 at 22:48:31 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 09:48:31 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 10.68S 165.96E
Depth 200 kilometers
Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances 14 km (9 miles) ENE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
443 km (275 miles) E of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl.
673 km (418 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2301 km (1429 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty Error estimate
Parameters Nst=28, Nph=28, Dmin=672.3 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Erho=11.2 km, Erzz=23.0 km, Gp=109.5 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2012vvbq

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