Wednesday, July 06, 2011

BREAKING: 7.8 Earthquake SLAMS KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION in Tonga


By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Tonga

A massive 7.8 earthquake has just hit the island nation of Tonga. Expect major damages,

Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time

Wednesday, July 06, 2011 at 19:03:16 UTC
Thursday, July 07, 2011 at 07:03:16 AM at epicenter

Location 29.312°S, 176.204°W
Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances


161 km (100 miles) E (93°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
913 km (567 miles) S (186°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
3007 km (1868 miles) WSW (239°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.1 km (8.8 miles); depth +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles)
Parameters NST=620, Nph=625, Dmin=168.1 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 18°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=B
Source

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID usc0004pbm
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