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Magnitude 4.4 SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 02:38:20 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.4
Date-Time
  • Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 02:38:20 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
  • Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 04:38:20 AM local time at epicenter

  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 26.90S 26.73E
    Depth 10 kilometers
    Region SOUTH AFRICA
    Distances NEAR Klerksdorp, South Africa
    110 km (70 miles) WSW of Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
    195 km (120 miles) SW of PRETORIA, South Africa
    535 km (330 miles) NW of Durban, South Africa
    Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 11.0 km; depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=31, Nph=31, Dmin=237.8 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Erho=11.0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=52.1 degrees
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID usfpec

    Earthquake Location

     


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