Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.8 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 April 16 00:43:26 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.8 |
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| Location | 6.500°S, 154.194°E |
| Depth | 44.8 km (27.8 miles) set by location program |
| Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 155 km (95 miles) WSW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 260 km (160 miles) SSE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 840 km (520 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2325 km (1440 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available |
| Parameters | NST= 57, Nph= 60, Dmin=838.9 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 |
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| Event ID | us2009fmac |
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