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

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2013 January 13 17:53:47 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 17:53:47 UTC Monday, January 14, 2013 at 03:53:47 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	7.240°S, 144.012°E
Depth	33.7 km (20.9 miles)
Region	NEAR SOUTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
Distances	105 km (65 miles) S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea 124 km (77 miles) SSE of Mendi, Papua New Guinea 154 km (95 miles) S of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea 198 km (123 miles) SW of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16.4 km (10.2 miles); depth +/- 8.4 km (5.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 66, Nph= 73, Dmin=421.9 km, Rmss=1.31 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb000enbp

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