Magnitude 5.3 - NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.

2011 October 30 02:10:40 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 02:10:40 UTC Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 12:10:40 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	4.348°S, 144.341°E
Depth	62 km (38.5 miles)
Region	NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
Distances	118 km (73 miles) SE of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG 168 km (104 miles) N of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG 648 km (402 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2723 km (1691 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 11.3 km (7.0 miles)
Parameters	NST= 80, Nph= 84, Dmin=421.9 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb0006gg5

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