USGS finally lists Mag 7.6 in Indian Ocean...
Glad they could get it to us 24 hours late....
Magnitude 7.6 CARLSBERG RIDGE
2003 July 15 20:27:50 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Magnitude 7.6
Date-Time Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at 20:27:50 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 01:27:50 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 2.56S 68.30E
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Region CARLSBERG RIDGE
Reference 635 km (395 miles) NW of Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago
945 km (580 miles) SW of MALE, Maldives
1650 km (1030 miles) SW of COLOMBO, Sri Lanka
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 9.9 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters Nst=79, Nph=79, Dmin=3315.8 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Erho=9.9 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=34.9 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A major earthquake occurred 635 km (395
miles) NW of Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago at 2:27 PM MDT, Jul 15, 2003 (Jul 16 at 1:27 AM local time in .). The magnitude and location may be
revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. This earthquake is located in a remote area and no damage or casualties are
expected.
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