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Magnitude 5.3 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
2005 April 10 13:54:16 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A moderate earthquake occurred at 13:54:16 (UTC) on Sunday, April 10, 2005.
The magnitude 5.3 event has been located in the KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Small map showing earthquake

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 13:54:16 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 8:54:16 PM
= local time at epicenter
Location 1.731°S, 99.915°E
Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances
100 km (60 miles) SSW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
305 km (190 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia
575 km (355 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
900 km (560 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 60, Nph= 60, Dmin=779.8 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID uswsa4
North America Times:


48 posted on 04/10/2005 8:19:43 AM PDT by bd476
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MAP 5.3  2005/04/10 13:54:16  -1.731   99.915  30.0  KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
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51 posted on 04/10/2005 8:30:36 AM PDT by bd476
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