Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.2 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 April 15 18:26:34 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.2 |
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| Location | 5.839°S, 154.016°E |
| Depth | 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 175 km (110 miles) WNW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 185 km (115 miles) SE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 855 km (530 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2400 km (1490 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 48, Nph= 48, Dmin=765.6 km, Rmss=1.15 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=Q |
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| Event ID | us2009flbb |
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