Magnitude 5.3 - ASCENSION ISLAND REGION

2008 August 19 08:33:55 UTC

Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 08:33:55 UTC Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 07:33:55 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	8.260°S, 13.521°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	ASCENSION ISLAND REGION
Distances	100 km (60 miles) ESE of Ascension Island 2115 km (1320 miles) SW of ACCRA, Ghana
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.4 km (4.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=111, Nph=111, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.9 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2008vxaw

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