6.3 Mw - VANUATU

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	6.3 Mw
Date-Time	6 Jul 2012 02:28:24 UTC 6 Jul 2012 13:28:24 near epicenter 5 Jul 2012 18:28:24 standard time in your timezone
Location	14.690S 167.266E
Depth	179 km
Distances	95 km (59 miles) N (9 degrees) of Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu 358 km (222 miles) NNW (342 degrees) of PORT-VILA, Vanuatu 2051 km (1274 miles) NE (49 degrees) of Brisbane, Australia
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 14.5 km; Vertical 10.4 km
Parameters	Nph = 130; Dmin = 821.5 km; Rmss = 1.20 seconds; Gp = 32° M-type = Mw; Version = 8
Event ID	US b000azes

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