Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION - Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 12:53:46 PM at epicenter

Magnitude 6.7 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

2009 May 16 00:53:46 UTC

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Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 00:53:46 UTC Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 12:53:46 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	31.529°S, 178.888°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances	10 km (5 miles) S of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands 270 km (170 miles) SSW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 825 km (520 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand 1215 km (760 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=243, Nph=243, Dmin=269.3 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009gsad

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