Magnitude 6.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

2011 May 21 21:17:00 UTC

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Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 21:17:00 UTC Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 09:17:00 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	30.775°S, 178.133°W
Depth	19.8 km (12.3 miles)
Region	KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Distances	103 km (64 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands 169 km (105 miles) S of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 942 km (585 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand 1108 km (688 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 17.3 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 4.9 km (3.0 miles)
Parameters	NST=271, Nph=271, Dmin=171.4 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0003kw5