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Magnitude 4.2 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 16:20:41 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.2
Date-Time
  • Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 16:20:41 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
  • Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 09:20:41 AM local time at epicenter

  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 50.20N 129.59W
    Depth 10.0 kilometers
    Region VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
    Distances 165 km (100 miles) WSW of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
    240 km (150 miles) SSW of Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
    480 km (295 miles) WNW of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    495 km (305 miles) WNW of VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada
    Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 12.7 km; depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=34, Nph=34, Dmin=601.2 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Erho=12.7 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=175.0 degrees
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID uswgcu

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