M6.3 - NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	20 Jan 2014 02:52:44 UTC 20 Jan 2014 15:52:45 near epicenter 19 Jan 2014 21:52:44 standard time in your timezone
Location	40.650S 175.864E
Depth	27 km
Distances	38 km (23 mi) NNE of Masterton, New Zealand 39 km (24 mi) SSE of Palmerston North, New Zealand 49 km (30 mi) E of Levin, New Zealand 77 km (47 mi) ENE of Paraparaumu, New Zealand 115 km (71 mi) NE of Wellington, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.4 km
Parameters	Nph = 49; Dmin = 32.8 km; Rmss = 0.84 seconds; Gp = 110° Version =
Event ID	us b000m4i4

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