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KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

08/12/09 06:24:02 UTC
Epicenter 31.06S 177.03W

  Me   6.6
Broadband Source Parameters:
 BROADBAND DEPTH:        18.0 km
 RADIATED ENERGY
  No. of sta:  9  Focal mech.  M
  Energy       1.5+0.4*10**14 Nm
 COMMENT:  Depth from synthetics
  of broadband displacement
  seismograms.

Explanation of Parameters
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For more information, contact George Choy, choy@usgs.gov

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