Magnitude 4.6 SOCOTRA REGION
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 02:29:14 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.6
Date-Time Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 02:29:14 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 06:29:14 AM local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 13.99N 56.79E
Depth 10 kilometers
Region SOCOTRA REGION
Distances 390 km (240 miles) ENE of Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen
445 km (275 miles) SE of Salalah, Oman
630 km (395 miles) S of Sayy, Oman
1365 km (850 miles) E of SANA, Yemen
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.8 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=38, Nph=38, Dmin=2712.4 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Erho=10.8 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=79.8 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usjref

Earthquake Location