Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Earthquake In Southern Sweden!

Half an hour ago the building I live in shaked
aggressively for a few seconds. Cool! It was an
earthquake. I wonder if I brought the phenomenon
with me back from Tokyo.

I got a text message from my brother in Helsingborg
immediately. He felt it too.

According to this it was:

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.2
Date-Time Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 05:20:00 UTC
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 06:20:00 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 55.583°N, 13.534°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SWEDEN
Distances 35 km (20 miles) E of Malmo, Sweden
60 km (40 miles) E of COPENHAGEN, Denmark
190 km (115 miles) NNE of Rostock, Germany
500 km (310 miles) SW of STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.9 km (4.9 miles);
depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 36, Nph= 36, Dmin=116.3 km, Rmss=1.47 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=T
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008araj

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