Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake of SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS 2012 March 03

2012 March 03 12:19:55 UTC: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Magnitude: 6.6

Date-Time : Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 12:19:55 UTC
Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 11:19:55 PM at epicenter

Location : 22.157°S, 170.317°E

Depth : 15.2 km (9.4 miles)

Region : SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Distances:

a) 180 km (111 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia

b) 260 km (161 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

c) 399 km (247 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia

d) 1686 km (1047 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 14 km (8.7 miles); depth +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles)

Parameters : NST=251, Nph=253, Dmin=399.6 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8