Magnitude 4.9 - SOUTH OF AFRICA 2012 January 12 02:20:23 UTC

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Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	4.9
Date-Time	Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 02:20:23 UTC Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 04:20:23 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	53.319°S, 23.402°E
Depth	10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region	SOUTH OF AFRICA
Distances	1245 km (773 miles) SW of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands 1319 km (819 miles) E of Bouvet Island 2192 km (1362 miles) S of Cape Town, South Africa 2686 km (1669 miles) S of MASERU, Lesotho
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 22.6 km (14.0 miles); depth +/- 4.7 km (2.9 miles)
Parameters	NST= 73, Nph= 73, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 90°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0007jh2

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