A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck in New South Wales, Australia about 35 minutes after the large Japan earthquake on May 31 2015.
But the rare Australian earthquake was deleted, and then referred to the USGS for follow up.
Informations about the earthquake which were then deleted:
Date and Time UTC: 30 May 2015 @ 11:58:56
Sydney Time: 30 May 2015 @ 21:58:56 (AEST)
Location Coordinates: -34.651, 146.841 Solution status
Last updated: 30 May 2015 @ 22:09:46 (AEST) Solution finalised: No Source: Not available
THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALISED
It is estimated that this earthquake:
Could have been felt by people up to 62km away
Date and time uncertainty: 30 May 2015 @ 11:58:56 (+/- 3.6 seconds) (UTC)
Magnitude Location (uncertainty)
Mwp: Not available Latitude: -34.651 (+/- 20.4215km)
Mb: Not available Longitude: 146.841 (+/- 1.4213km)
Ms: (Not available) Depth: 10 km (+/- 22.7617km)
Md: Not available
ML: 4.02 (Preferred)
Quality indicators Solution status
Number of stations used: 4 (of 5 possible) Last updated: 30 May 2015 @ 10:09:46 (AEST)
Number of phase used: 4 (of 5 possible) Finalised: No
Gap angles: 122° Source: Not available
RMS residual: 2.52 seconds
Issued by © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2015
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