Thursday, May 29, 2008

6.1 Mw - ICELAND

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
6.1 Mw
Date-Time
29 May 2008 15:46:01 UTC
29 May 2008 15:46:01 near epicenter
29 May 2008 09:46:01 standard time in your timezone
Location
64.026N 20.985W
Depth
10 km
Distances
50 km (31 miles) ESE (106 degrees) of REYKJAVIK, Iceland
119 km (74 miles) NW (306 degrees) of Vik, Iceland
230 km (143 miles) SW (218 degrees) of Akureyri, Iceland
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 4.7 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters
Nph = 206; Dmin = 82.2 km; Rmss = 0.88 seconds; Gp = 64°M-type = Mw; Version = 6
Event ID
US 2008sqba ***This event supersedes event AT00207596.
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Event Page or U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Program
National Earthquake Information CenterU.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/
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