Earthquake Magnitude 5.5 - ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION

Magnitude 5.5 - ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION

2011 June 17 09:16:12 UTC

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	5.5
Date-Time	Friday, June 17, 2011 at 09:16:12 UTC Friday, June 17, 2011 at 12:16:12 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	13.307°N, 41.668°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
Distances	120 km (74 miles) WNW of Assab, Eritrea 215 km (133 miles) SW of Al Hudaydah, Yemen 238 km (147 miles) E of Mekele, Ethiopia 371 km (230 miles) SE of ASMARA, Eritrea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 17.3 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=161, Nph=165, Dmin=326.2 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc00049uf