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Magnitude 5.9 - LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION, CONGO-TANZANIA

2007 March 28 21:17:13 UTC

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Magnitude

5.9

Date-Time

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 21:17:13 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 11:17:13 PM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

5.955°S, 29.837°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION, CONGO-TANZANIA

Distances

70 km (45 miles) E of
Kalemie, Dem. Republic of the Congo
125 km (75 miles) SSE of
Kigoma, Tanzania
930 km (580 miles) SW of NAIROBI,
Kenya
1620 km (1000 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the
Congo

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 66, Nph= 66, Dmin=980.4 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=
61°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007albv

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