Magnitude 5.8 - SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA 2012 March 08 22:50:08 UTC

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Magnitude	5.8
Date-Time	Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 22:50:08 UTC Friday, March 09, 2012 at 06:50:08 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	39.380°N, 81.356°E
Depth	35.5 km (22.1 miles)
Region	SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
Distances	214 km (132 miles) SSE of Aksu, Xinjiang, China 282 km (175 miles) NNE of Hotan, Xinjiang, China 372 km (231 miles) ENE of Shache, Xinjiang, China 2987 km (1856 miles) W of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles)
Parameters	NST=348, Nph=348, Dmin=425.2 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb0008dxq

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