Magnetosphere Day of 7.0 Magnitude Haiti Quake on January 12, 2010

Time of Quake: 2010 January 12 21:53:10 UTC

USGS: Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION 2010 January 12 21:53:10 UTC

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Magnitude	7.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 21:53:10 UTC Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 04:53:10 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	18.457°N, 72.533°W
Depth	13 km (8.1 miles) set by location program
Region	HAITI REGION
Distances	25 km (15 miles) WSW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 130 km (80 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti 150 km (95 miles) S of Cap-Haitien, Haiti 1125 km (700 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 3.4 km (2.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=312, Nph=312, Dmin=143.7 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010rja6