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Magnitude 4.1 MAURITANIA
Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 13:56:17 UTC

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Regional Location

Magnitude 4.1
Date-Time Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 13:56:17 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 01:56:17 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 22.70N 11.98W
Depth 10 kilometers
Region MAURITANIA
Reference 50 km (30 miles) E of Zouerat, Mauritania
275 km (170 miles) S of Bir Moghrein, Mauritania
655 km (405 miles) NE of NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania
1065 km (660 miles) NNE of DAKAR, Senegal
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 42.5 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=9, Nph=9, Dmin=1333.4 km, Rmss=1.48 sec, Erho=42.5 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=224.5 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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