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Old 05-29-2009, 12:21 PM   #8
avyaktam
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Default Re: Poweful 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Honduras coast

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Originally Posted by NorthernSantuary View Post
Followup quake:
Magnitude 4.6
Date-Time Friday, May 29, 2009 at 02:45:45 UTC
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 09:45:45 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 16.129°N, 87.582°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Distances 90 km (55 miles) NNE of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
100 km (60 miles) WNW of La Ceiba, Honduras
230 km (140 miles) N of TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
1275 km (790 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.6 km (6.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 58, Nph= 58, Dmin=231.7 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=112°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2009hfai
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...us2009hfai.php
So this means that 10 km is adefault set by a location program. That debunks my idee.
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