Earthquake in the waters around the Seychelles Islands:

Magnitude

5.1

Date-Time

·                                 Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 07:25:57 UTC

·                                 Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:25:57 AM at epicenter

·                                 Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

5.678°N, 61.267°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

CARLSBERG RIDGE

Distances

1155 km (720 miles) SE of Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen
1305 km (810 miles) NNE of VICTORIA, Seychelles
1935 km (1200 miles) SW of Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India
2145 km (1330 miles) ESE of SANA, Yemen

Location Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10 km (6.2 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

NST= 33, Nph= 33, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q

Source

·                                 USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID

us2008vuax