Magnitude 5.0 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2011 January 28 16:35:39 UTC
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Magnitude | 5.0 |
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Location | 5.306°S, 153.914°E |
Depth | 138.4 km (86.0 miles) |
Region | NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 135 km (85 miles) SE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 205 km (130 miles) WNW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 870 km (540 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2460 km (1530 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 21.8 km (13.5 miles); depth +/- 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 60, Nph= 60, Dmin=230.4 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 79°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 |
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Event ID | usb00015kx |
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