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LOYALTY ISLANDS

08/04/09 12:46:18 UTC
Epicenter 20.21S 168.81E

  Me   6.8                                                             
Broadband Source Parameters:
 BROADBAND DEPTH:        33.0 km
 RADIATED ENERGY                                                      
  No. of sta: 13  Focal mech.  M                                      
  Energy       3.7+0.5*10**14 Nm                                      
 COMMENT:  Depth from synthetics
  of broadband displacement     
  seismograms.                  

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For more information, contact George Choy, choy@usgs.gov

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver