Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.8 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 06:31:30 UTC

Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 06:31:30 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 12:31:30 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 14.16N 93.20E
Depth 49 kilometers
Region ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Distances 280 km (175 miles) N of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
330 km (205 miles) SSW of Pathein (Bassein), Myanmar
790 km (490 miles) W of BANGKOK, Thailand
2295 km (1430 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 5.7 km; depth +/- 8.8 km
Parameters Nst=89, Nph=89, Dmin=773.4 km, Rmss=0.73 sec, Erho=5.7 km, Erzz=8.8 km, Gp=59.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010rnak

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