6.0 Mw - FIJI REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	6.0 Mw
Date-Time	27 Oct 2011 00:15:25 UTC 27 Oct 2011 12:15:25 near epicenter 26 Oct 2011 16:15:25 standard time in your timezone
Location	17.914S 179.424W
Depth	611 km
Distances	568 km (353 miles) NW (309 degrees) of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 3159 km (1963 miles) W (265 degrees) of PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 15.9 km; Vertical 10.3 km
Parameters	Nph = 472; Dmin = 268.3 km; Rmss = 0.95 seconds; Gp = 75° M-type = Mw; Version = 4
Event ID	US b0006edd

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