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(Earthquake) Magnitude 6.0 - SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | March 12, 2005

Posted on 03/12/2005 8:52:20 PM PST by bd476

Magnitude 6.0 - SOUTHEASTERN IRAN

2005 March 13 03:31:23 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center

World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 03:31:23 (UTC) on Sunday, March 13, 2005. The magnitude 6.0 event has been located in SOUTHEASTERN IRAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Small globe showing earthquake

Small map showing earthquake

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 03:31:23 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 7:01:23 AM
= local time at epicenter

Location 27.154°N, 61.883°E
Depth 55.1 km (34.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
Distances
175 km (110 miles) NW of Turbat, Pakistan
265 km (165 miles) NE of Chabahar, Iran
280 km (175 miles) SSE of Zahedan, Iran
1305 km (810 miles) WSW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.4 km (4.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 80, Nph= 80, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usvpac

For more information, go to http://neic.usgs.gov/ || Contacts

The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page. This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size, at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated with web pages linked from here are those determined at various times following the earthquake with different types of seismic data. Although, given the data used, they are legitimate estimates of magnitude, they are not considered the official magnitude.


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To: Strategerist; bd476; Myrddin
Most big quakes occur +/- 1 day from an old or new moon.

Wrong. The pattern of big quakes is essentially random. It's easily calculable and not like it never occured to anyone to check

We'll be checkin' back with you around the 25th this month, give or take a day. ;O

81 posted on 03/13/2005 8:51:39 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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