5.5 Mw - BOUVET ISLAND REGION

5.5 Mw - BOUVET ISLAND REGION
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
5.5 Mw
Date-Time
1 Jun 2008 00:31:14 UTC
1 Jun 2008 00:31:14 near epicenter
31 May 2008 18:31:14 standard time in your timezone
Location
54.792S 0.944E
Depth
10 km
Distances
163 km (101 miles) WSW (255 degrees) of Bouvet Island
2689 km (1671 miles) SSW (205 degrees) of Cape Town, South Africa
3537 km (2198 miles) SSW (209 degrees) of MASERU, Lesotho
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 14.7 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters
Nph = 29; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 1.20 seconds; Gp = 75°M-type = Mw; Version = 8
Event ID
US 2008stad ***This event has been revised.
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