6.8 Earthquake PERU

EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT _________________________________________________ MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.8 Data provided by: BGSG GFZ  NEIC PTWC SC3                            EARTHQUAKE on 24/08/2011 at 17:46 (UTC) NORTHERN PERU                          36 km NE San francisco Latitude    =   7.66 S Longitude   =  74.51 W Origin Time =  17:46:10.6 (UTC) Depth       = 137 Km RMS         =   1.01 sec Gap         =  29 degrees 95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 6.0 Km                         - Semi minor = 3.5 Km                         - Azimuth of major axis =  66 degrees Number of data used = 254 Preliminary location computed on Wed Aug 24 18:04:22 2011 (UTC) Done by Pascal Roudil Comments : Message number: 1520 All magnitudes estimations : Mw7.3 (BGSG)  M 7.0 (GFZ)   M 6.8 (NEIC)  Mw6.9 (PTWC)  Mw7.6 (SC3)   mb6.8 (SC3)   Mw7.2 (SC3)                  P.S.: For additional information, please contact EMSC at:              - Email: mazet@emsc-csem.org              - Web  : http://www.emsc-csem.org (maps available)              - Fax  : 33 1 69 26 70 00 AquaPonics   Grow Vegetable!s without Dirt. Survival Farming Click Here