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To: Jaded
That's would be fine if the article had used KM, but it says (using copy and paste):

The quake hit 105 miles northeast of Gisborne at depth of 19.1 miles.

I really think though that must have been the depth below the sea bed, not the water depth as the deepest part of any ocean is 36,000+ feet or a little over 6 miles deep. So I was interpreting the depth that they were referring to, incorrectly. It is the only thing that makes sense. Since it is not very far off of shore there is really no telling how deep the water is at that distance from shore.

29 posted on 09/01/2016 11:42:50 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

I got it off of the USGS.


37 posted on 09/01/2016 12:33:08 PM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.)
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