Magnitude 5.8 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2010 November 11 20:30:00 UTC
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| Magnitude | 5.8 |
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| Location | 6.292°S, 154.692°E |
| Depth | 56.3 km (35.0 miles) |
| Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 95 km (60 miles) W of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 210 km (130 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 900 km (560 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2355 km (1460 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=255, Nph=262, Dmin=364 km, Rmss=0.84 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9 |
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| Event ID | usc000099y |
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