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Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 4.8 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 03:15:46 UTC
Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 03:15:46 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 11:15:46 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.85N 96.34E
Depth: 10.0 kilometers
Region SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Distances: 205 km (125 miles) NNW of Qamdo, Xizang (Tibet)
410 km (255 miles) SSE of Golmud, Qinghai, China
560 km (350 miles) S of Da Qaidam, Qinghai, China
1950 km (1220 miles) WSW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 20.5 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=20, Nph=20, Dmin=1894.6 km, Rmss=0.35 sec, Erho=20.5 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=-1.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010vbas