Eritrea Magnitude 4.6 - NEAR THE COAST

Magnitude 4.6 - NEAR THE COAST OF ERITREA

2011 August 20 09:38:35 UTC

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Magnitude	4.6
Date-Time	Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 09:38:35 UTC Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 12:38:35 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	14.863°N, 41.966°E
Depth	9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region	NEAR THE COAST OF ERITREA
Distances	105 km (65 miles) W of Al Hudaydah, Yemen 221 km (137 miles) NNW of Assab, Eritrea 232 km (144 miles) SSW of Jizan, Saudi Arabia 255 km (158 miles) WSW of SANA, Yemen
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 26.9 km (16.7 miles); depth +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles)
Parameters	NST= 36, Nph= 36, Dmin=263.8 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0005h6n

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