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Magnitude 5.7 - COMOROS REGION

2008 August 27 06:46:19 UTC

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Magnitude

5.7

Date-Time

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 06:46:19 UTC

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 09:46:19 AM at epicenter

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Location

10.669°S, 41.386°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

COMOROS REGION

Distances

140 km (85 miles) ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania
200 km (125 miles)
NNE of Ibo, Mozambique
480 km (300 miles) SSE of DAR ES
SALAAM, Tanzania
1155 km (720 miles) SSE of NAIROBI,
Kenya

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Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 6 km (3.7 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

NST=174, Nph=174, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp=
47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008wfaz

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