7.1 earthquake in Honduras

May 5, 2009 By

Map of Honduras earthquake on 5/28/09

An Earthquake measuring 7.1 on the richter scale hit 130 Km off the coast of honduras at 3:24 am local time (8:24 UTC) this morning 28/5/09.

  • Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 08:24:45 UTC
  • Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 02:24:45 AM at epicenter
  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 16.733°N, 86.220°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Distances 125 km (75 miles) NNE of La Ceiba, Honduras
220 km (135 miles) N of Juticalpa, Honduras
310 km (195 miles) NNE of TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
1185 km (730 miles) SSW of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=377, Nph=377, Dmin=317 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=R
Source
  • USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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