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Magnitude 5.2 - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

2008 April 20 07:30:44 UTC

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Magnitude

5.2

Date-Time

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 07:30:44 UTC

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 09:30:44 AM at epicenter

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Location

3.721°S, 26.280°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Distances

40 km (25 miles) NE of Kibombo, Dem. Republic of the
Congo
315 km (195 miles) WSW of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the
Congo
1200 km (750 miles) WSW of NAIROBI, Kenya
1215 km
(760 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 11.5 km (7.1 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.98 sec,
Gp=119°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=8

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008rbas

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