Preliminary Earthquake Report, Gempa China

Magnitude 4.8 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 03:15:46 UTC

Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 03:15:46 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 11:15:46 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.85N 96.34E
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Region SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Distances 205 km (125 miles) NNW of Qamdo, Xizang (Tibet)
410 km (255 miles) SSE of Golmud, Qinghai, China
560 km (350 miles) S of Da Qaidam, Qinghai, China
1950 km (1220 miles) WSW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 20.5 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=20, Nph=20, Dmin=1894.6 km, Rmss=0.35 sec, Erho=20.5 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=-1.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010vbas
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