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Magnitude 7.2 - VANUATU

2007 March 25 00:40:02 UTC

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Magnitude

7.2

Date-Time

Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 00:40:02 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 11:40:02 AM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

20.597°S, 169.413°E

Depth

35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Region

VANUATU

Distances

115 km (75 miles) S of
Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
190 km (115 miles) ENE of Tadine,
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
335 km (210 miles) SSE of
PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
1830 km (1140 miles) ENE of
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 7.5 km (4.7 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst=100, Nph=100, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp=
40°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007aiaf

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Earthquake Summary

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred 115 km (75 miles) S of
Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 1830 km (1140 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland,
Australia at 6:40 PM MDT, Mar 24, 2007 (Mar 25 at 11:40 AM local time in
Vanuatu). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and
further analysis results are available. There have been no reports of damage.

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