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Magnitude 5.1 - NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND

2007 April 4 00:56:53 UTC

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Magnitude

5.1

Date-Time

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 00:56:53 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 11:56:53 PM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

3.317°S, 13.379°W

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND

Distances

525 km (325 miles) NNE of
Ascension Island
1755 km (1090 miles) WSW of ACCRA,
Ghana

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 22.9 km (14.2 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 21, Nph= 21, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.86 sec,
Gp=126°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007atai

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