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               Magnitude 6.9 - CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA BORDER REGION

2010 February 18 01:13:18 UTC
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Magnitude 6.9

Date-Time Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:13:18 UTC
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 10:13:18 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
 
Location 42.581°N, 130.537°E

Depth 573.8 km (356.6 miles)  (deep one)

Region CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA BORDER REGION

Distances 90 km (55 miles) ESE of Yanji, Jilin, China

100 km (60 miles) NNE of Chongjin, North Korea

1110 km (690 miles) NW of TOKYO, Japan

1215 km (760 miles) ENE of BEIJING, Beijing, China
 
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles); depth +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles)

Parameters NST=351, Nph=351, Dmin=239.3 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 14°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

 
Event ID us2010swaf

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.



Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
 Tsunami Information
The earthquake locations and magnitudes cited in NOAA tsunami bulletins are very preliminary and may be superseded by USGS locations and magnitudes computed using more extensive data sets.

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

Page URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010swaf
Page Last Modified: February 18, 2010 04:11:45 UTC

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7.1 quake in China kills 400
The quake strikes a remote area of Qinghai province in western China that is mostly populated by Tibetans. About 8,000 are injured.

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USGS >5.0 eq w/i 24 hr

MAP  5.0   2010/04/14 08:16:24    31.799    140.033  108.1   IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP  5.0   2010/04/14 05:16:17    18.204   -101.356  71.8   GUERRERO, MEXICO
MAP  5.8   2010/04/14 01:25:15    33.179    96.448  4.0   SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP  5.1   2010/04/14 01:16:59   -29.052    61.352  10.0   SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE
MAP  5.0   2010/04/14 00:18:30    17.971    145.429  193.6   ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP  5.2   2010/04/14 00:12:25    33.030    96.560  10.0   SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP  5.3   2010/04/14 00:01:17    32.693    96.872  10.0   SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP  6.9   2010/04/13 23:49:38    33.271    96.629  10.0   SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP  5.0   2010/04/13 21:40:00    33.183    96.623  18.9   SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP  5.4   2010/04/13 20:27:02   -56.259    -27.277  111.8   SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP  5.3   2010/04/13 20:14:59    8.091    91.975  28.8   NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP  5.0   2010/04/13 15:46:38   -10.860    161.086  73.1   SOLOMON ISLANDS