Earthquake Details
| Magnitude |
8.0 |
| Date-Time |
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 17:48:11 UTC
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 06:48:11 AM at epicenter
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| Location |
15.558°S, 172.073°W |
| Depth |
18 km (11.2 miles) set by location program |
| Region |
SAMOA ISLANDS REGION |
| Distances |
185 km (115 miles) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
195 km (125 miles) S of APIA, Samoa
705 km (435 miles) NNE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
2700 km (1670 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
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| Location Uncertainty |
horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters |
NST=293, Nph=293, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 |
| Source |
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| Event ID |
us2009mdbi |
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