M=6.3 Southern Xinjiang China Preliminary Earthquake Report
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Magnitude: 6.3
Date-Time:
- Monday, February 24, 2003 at 02:03:44 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
- Monday, February 24, 2003 at 10:03:44 AM local time at epicenter
Location: 39.64N 77.20E
Depth: 33.0 kilometers
Region: SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
Reference:
- 100 km (65 miles) E of Kashi, Xinjiang, China
- 220 km (135 miles) SSE of Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
- 310 km (190 miles) WSW of Aksu, Xinjiang, China
- 3330 km (2070 miles) WNW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Quality: Error estimate: horizontal +/- 9.9 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality Parameters: Nst=66, Nph=66, Dmin=1235.7 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Erho=9.9 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=51.3 degrees
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