Magnitude 5.2 - WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 13:05:17 UTC
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 11:05:17 PM at epicenter

Location 56.910°S, 147.912°E
Depth 26.6 km (16.5 miles)
Region WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
Distances 1558 km (968 miles) S (179°) from Hobart, Australia
2405 km (1494 miles) S (182°) from CANBERRA, Australia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 39.1 km (24.3 miles); depth +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 16, Nph= 17, Dmin=744.7 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp=238°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=3
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID usc00011ua

Just recently

is this in australia? as if they already havent got enough to deal with . will this cause any more flooding?

Who knows, i just literally accidently clicked in my USGS link and saw a huge red square by Australia and immediatlely got saddened

I'm sure it wont help

There's one in Indonesia too.

maybe this is connected.


what does me good is to see the spirit of those people in Australia. I hope to majority is safe there.
Man they enduring allot

reply to post by srbouska


Its miles and miles away from OZ its nearer Antarctica.

1380 km (860 miles) SW of Auckland Island, New Zealand
2130 km (1330 miles) S of MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
2415 km (1500 miles) S of CANBERRA, A.C.T., Australia

earthquake.usgs.gov...