Magnitude

5.1



Date-Time

Wednesday, May 02, 2012 at 05:14:03 UTC
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 at 05:14:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones



Location

24.223°S, 176.198°W



Depth

50.6 km (31.4 miles)



Region

SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS



Distances

356 km (221 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
471 km (292 miles) SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
584 km (362 miles) NNE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
1646 km (1022 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand




Location Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 21.8 km (13.5 miles); depth +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles)



Parameters

NST=107, Nph=114, Dmin=934 km, Rmss=1.64 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5



Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)



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