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Magnitude 5.5 - HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER REGION, CHINA4 Q1 H$ d( c$ b
2005 November 26 00:49:38 UTC+ U3 f' h! Y% {2 T; u% \
Preliminary Earthquake Report
: o- n4 g5 j! B Y% C3 I) kU.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
$ _" U; J6 Z8 `) uWorld Data Center for Seismology, Denver' U4 V" f7 ^: [6 D
A moderate earthquake occurred at 00:49:38 (UTC) on Saturday, November 26,
- J1 F: N! X; \7 E# J o! X3 m2005. The magnitude 5.5 event has been located in the HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER
! \# [4 Y/ q" u k5 K: z4 Q* ZREGION, CHINA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)1 |) C0 A% X( V
6 s+ q w) E: T* Q$ rMagnitude 5.5! R0 c! b* J9 x; d
Date-Time Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 00:49:38 (UTC)8 W- n& _+ R& G6 ~0 F
= Coordinated Universal Time5 t$ ] I6 {- n
Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 8:49:38 AM
! @& P6 W8 y, p- ^& d5 X3 e= local time at epicenter
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Location 29.657°N, 115.718°E
' Q- B" q/ G, f: S5 rDepth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
* d1 F! j+ Z9 yRegion HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER REGION, CHINA8 R% O/ H6 k0 w
Distances2 j" g4 D- n1 F8 ]7 d% u7 X. G
25 km (15 miles) WSW of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China( @, {# J" z( b; @. N4 i. p
85 km (55 miles) SE of Huangshi, Hubei, China
7 g* Y2 s; Y w8 {- F1 q6 T. T580 km (360 miles) WSW of Shanghai, Shanghai, China& D9 {2 n+ g4 F) d( ]9 u$ h
1140 km (710 miles) S of BEIJING, Beijing, China% J) O/ u& f3 T% U, n$ K7 f
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by
# F7 F, p2 j9 I/ n5 vlocation program
" E6 D9 n1 V5 q/ cParameters Nst= 68, Nph= 68, Dmin=771 km, Rmss=0.84 sec, Gp= 65°,
: @ K8 q% ?3 U% Q8 T4 o9 I* n4 ~M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6& ]2 E% ]: W6 C, f0 A, U% {# t
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)/ t! ^) b1 m- Q( h. j
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