6.0 Mw - KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA REGION

6.0 Mw - KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA REGION
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
6.0 Mw
Date-Time
12 Sep 2008 23:07:51 UTC
13 Sep 2008 12:07:51 near epicenter
12 Sep 2008 17:07:51 standard time in your timezone
Location
56.355N 164.065E
Depth
15 km
Distances
177 km (110 miles) NW (318 degrees) of Nikol'skoye, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Rus.
401 km (249 miles) S (181 degrees) of Il'pyrskiy, Russia
509 km (316 miles) NE (41 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
2937 km (1825 miles) NNE (31 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 5.4 km; Vertical 16.0 km
Parameters
Nph = 252; Dmin = 510.1 km; Rmss = 0.81 seconds; Gp = 54°M-type = Mw; Version = 8
Event ID
US 2008wwcp ***This event has been revised.
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