Magnitude<\/a><\/th>\n	4.8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date-Time<\/a><\/th>\n	\n \n Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 16:19:13 UTC<\/strong><\/li>\n Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 07:19:13 PM at epicenter<\/li>\n Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/a><\/th>\n	13.351\u00b0N, 41.779\u00b0E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Depth<\/a><\/th>\n	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Region<\/a><\/th>\n	ERITREA – ETHIOPIA REGION<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distances<\/a><\/th>\n	64 km (39 miles) S of\u00a0Eid, Eritrea<\/strong> \n110 km (68 miles) WNW of\u00a0Assab, Eritrea<\/strong> \n190 km (118 miles) WSW of\u00a0Zabid, Yemen<\/strong> \n193 km (119 miles) NNE of\u00a0Dubti, Ethiopia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location Uncertainty<\/a><\/th>\n	horizontal +\/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth fixed by location program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parameters<\/a><\/th>\n	NST= 47, Nph= 47, Dmin=232.5 km, Rmss=0.74 sec, Gp= 72\u00b0, \nM-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source<\/a><\/th>\n	\n \n USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4.8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 16:19:13 UTC<\/strong><\/li>\n
Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 07:19:13 PM at epicenter<\/li>\n
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13.351\u00b0N, 41.779\u00b0E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ERITREA – ETHIOPIA REGION<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

64 km (39 miles) S of\u00a0Eid, Eritrea<\/strong>
\n110 km (68 miles) WNW of\u00a0Assab, Eritrea<\/strong>
\n190 km (118 miles) WSW of\u00a0Zabid, Yemen<\/strong>
\n193 km (119 miles) NNE of\u00a0Dubti, Ethiopia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Location Uncertainty<\/a><\/th>\n

horizontal +\/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth fixed by location program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Parameters<\/a><\/th>\n

NST= 47, Nph= 47, Dmin=232.5 km, Rmss=0.74 sec, Gp= 72\u00b0,
\nM-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Source<\/a><\/th>\n

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Event ID<\/a><\/th>\n

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