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M=6.3 China Preliminary Earthquake Report


Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.3

Date-Time

Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 21:34:58 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 5:34:58 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 23.012°N, 101.054°E

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region YUNNAN, CHINA

Distances

115 km (70 miles) NNE of Yunjinghong, Yunnan, China
220 km (135 miles) W of Gejiu, Yunnan, China
270 km (170 miles) NW of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
2370 km (1470 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.5 km (3.4 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

Nst=129, Nph=129, Dmin=513.7 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=surface wave magnitude (Ms), Version=S

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007dcbu

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.