6.6 Mag Quakes Strike New Zealand

M6.6 - SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.6
Date-Time	2 Feb 2014 09:26:35 UTC 1 Feb 2014 21:26:35 near epicenter 2 Feb 2014 04:26:35 standard time in your timezone
Location	32.904S 177.817W
Depth	19 km
Distances	192 km (119 mi) SSE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 732 km (453 mi) NE of Whakatane, New Zealand 741 km (459 mi) NNE of Gisborne, New Zealand 761 km (471 mi) NE of Tauranga, New Zealand 1138 km (705 mi) NE of Wellington, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.0 km
Parameters	Nph = 105; Dmin = 406.0 km; Rmss = 1.41 seconds; Gp = 24° Version = 1
Event ID	us c000mfm0

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