Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the Samoa Island Region - August 30, 2009

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Update time = Sun Aug 30 15:10:08 UTC 2009

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	6.6	2009/08/30 14:51:39	-15.642	-172.078	33.0	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP	6.8	2009/08/30 14:51:33	-15.157	-172.624	10.0	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009kybj.php#details Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time	Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 14:51:33 UTC Monday, August 31, 2009 at 03:51:33 AM at epicenter
Location	15.157°S, 172.624°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Distances	178 km (110 miles) SSW (212°) from APIA, Samoa 229 km (143 miles) WSW (244°) from PAGO PAGO, American Samoa 414 km (258 miles) NNE (21°) from Neiafu, Tonga 2473 km (1537 miles) W (273°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 9.7 km (6.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 60, Nph= 60, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	us2009kybj

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