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Subject: Re: Earthquake at 400 km depth ?
From: Dave Nelson davenn@...............
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:45:03 +1000



where did you get 400km deep from Jon
the data on that page you gave was 33km deep  (the relatively standard value
given for crustal events)

Magnitude mb 4.9 Region GULF OF ADEN
Date time 2007-08-18 at 01:00:22.8 UTC
Location 13.19 N ; 49.66 E
Depth 33 km
Distances 161 km S Al-mukalla (pop 258,132 ; local time 04:00 2007-08-18)

cheers
Dave N





At 03:35 AM 18/08/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I want to point out this strange earthquake, but it is at depth of 400
>km. Where I would only expect the depth to be limited to ~40 km max. But
>the earthquake was on a rift zone.
>
>This earthquake did happen in Gulf of Aden 18th of August at 01:00:58
>UTC. More info here,
>http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=53475#



where did you get 400km deep from Jon
the data on that page you gave was 33km deep  (the relatively standard value
given for crustal events)

Magnitude mb 4.9 Region GULF OF ADEN
Date time 2007-08-18 at 01:00:22.8 UTC
Location 13.19 N ; 49.66 E
Depth 33 km
Distances 161 km S Al-mukalla (pop 258,132 ; local time 04:00 2007-08-18)

cheers
Dave N





At 03:35 AM 18/08/2007 +0000, you wrote:
Hi all

I want to point out this strange earthquake, but it is at depth of 400
km. Where I would only expect the depth to be limited to ~40 km max. But
the earthquake was on a rift zone.

This earthquake did happen in Gulf of Aden 18th of August at 01:00:58
UTC. More info here,
http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=53475#


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