Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen
              European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

                Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
          	operated at LDG (Paris) and IGN (Madrid)

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	   EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 29/09/2008 at 15:19 (UTC)
KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND          939 km NE Hicks bay

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.9 

Data provided by: BUC  GFZ  NEIC PTWC ZAMG                          

Latitude    =  29.80 S
Longitude   = 177.77 W
Origin Time =  15:19:31.1 (UTC)
Depth       =  35 Km (f)
RMS         =   1.99 sec
Gap         =  78 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 21.6 Km
                        - Semi minor = 11.1 Km
                        - Azimuth of major axis = 112 degrees

Number of data used = 55

Preliminary location computed on Mon Sep 29 15:54:11 2008 (UTC)
Done by J G

Comments :

Message number: 1108

All magnitudes estimations :
mb6.9 (BUC)   M 7.2 (GFZ)   M 7.3 (NEIC)  Mw6.9 (PTWC)  
mb7.0 (ZAMG)                              


Sta       Phase     Date     Time       Res     Dist Azm    Net
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OUZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:21:46.8   4.1     9.07 231    GFZ
URZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:21:46.8  -1.0     9.44 205    GFZ
BKZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:22:02.2   0.2    10.47 205    GFZ
HIZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:22:08.5   4.6    10.62 213    GFZ
WPVZ  a   P     2008/09/29 15:22:09.4   1.8    10.88 208    GFZ
MSVF  m   P     2008/09/29 15:22:31.0   0.1    12.61 341   NEIC
SNZO  a   P     2008/09/29 15:22:39.9   3.8    13.01 206    GFZ
KHZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:22:50.0  -4.4    14.40 206    GFZ
RPZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:23:19.9  -1.6    16.50 209    GFZ
ODZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:23:35.7  -1.5    17.75 207    GFZ
ARMA  m   P     2008/09/29 15:25:09.5   2.7    26.44 260   NEIC
EIDS  m   P     2008/09/29 15:25:21.4   1.4    27.91 271   NEIC
CAN   m   P     2008/09/29 15:25:26.4   1.4    28.46 250   NEIC
HNR   m   P     2008/09/29 15:25:29.0  -1.4    29.07 309   NEIC
TAU   m   P     2008/09/29 15:25:45.0  -0.6    30.78 235   NEIC
CTAO  m   P     2008/09/29 15:26:14.0   1.1    33.90 278   NEIC
XMAS  m   P     2008/09/29 15:26:40.0  -0.4    37.15  35   NEIC
PMG   m   P     2008/09/29 15:26:53.3   1.3    38.54 294   NEIC
COEN  m   P     2008/09/29 15:26:59.3   1.0    39.30 285   NEIC
KWAJ  m   P     2008/09/29 15:27:12.1   0.7    40.88 337   NEIC
FORT  m   P     2008/09/29 15:27:54.5  -1.5    46.40 254   NEIC
JOHN  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:02.1   1.8    46.94  10   NEIC
JAY   a   P     2008/09/29 15:28:06.8  -0.3    47.80 296    GFZ
SBA   a   P     2008/09/29 15:28:13.9   0.3    48.65 184    GFZ
KAKA  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:16.1  -0.8    49.07 279   NEIC
WAKE  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:31.5  -0.5    51.06 341   NEIC
BAKI  a   P     2008/09/29 15:28:40.7   0.6    52.13 294    GFZ
FITZ  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:42.1  -1.2    52.56 269   NEIC
KHU   m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:50.9   2.3    53.23  26   NEIC
PUH   m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:53.0   2.5    53.51  26   NEIC
STCH  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:53.4   2.6    53.55  26   NEIC
POHA  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:50.4  -1.9    53.73  26   NEIC
HON   m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:56.3   0.3    54.28  22   NEIC
KIP   m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:54.4  -2.3    54.36  22   NEIC
NWAO  m   P     2008/09/29 15:28:56.8  -3.1    54.80 248   NEIC
NWAO  a   P     2008/09/29 15:28:57.6  -2.3    54.80 248    GFZ
CASY  m   P     2008/09/29 15:29:03.7  -3.1    55.76 207   NEIC
GUMO  m   P     2008/09/29 15:29:09.5  -0.5    56.20 314   NEIC
MBWA  m   P     2008/09/29 15:29:10.0  -2.1    56.49 263   NEIC
MBWA  a   P     2008/09/29 15:29:10.2  -1.9    56.49 263    GFZ
MIDW  m   P     2008/09/29 15:29:20.6   0.1    57.69   0   NEIC
RPN   m   P     2008/09/29 15:29:32.4  -0.1    59.40 105   NEIC
KKM   m   P     2008/09/29 15:30:55.0  -1.6    72.56 287   NEIC
MAJO  m   P     2008/09/29 15:31:24.9  -2.0    77.87 325   NEIC
NACB  m   P     2008/09/29 15:31:32.6  -1.4    79.18 305   NEIC
TATO  m   P     2008/09/29 15:31:38.8   1.7    79.75 306   NEIC
VRI   a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:24.0   3.9   155.01 316    BUC
PLOR  a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:24.1   3.9   155.07 316    BUC
ISP   a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:19.7  -0.7   155.24 296    BUC
MORC  a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:23.1   0.4   156.92 334    BUC
PSZ   a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:23.2  -0.1   157.37 328    BUC
VRAC  a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:23.2  -0.4   157.66 334    BUC
BZS   a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:23.1  -1.0   158.08 321    BUC
ABTA  a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:26.5  -1.2   161.28 337   ZAMG
FETA  a   P     2008/09/29 15:39:26.9  -1.2   161.58 341   ZAMG


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