Magnitude 5.5 - NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2011 January 06 00:24:00 UTC
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| Magnitude | 5.5 |
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| Location | 4.175°S, 142.155°E |
| Depth | 111 km (69.0 miles) set by location program |
| Region | NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 180 km (110 miles) WSW of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG 195 km (120 miles) SSE of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG 810 km (500 miles) NW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2820 km (1750 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 15 km (9.3 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 77, Nph= 80, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8 |
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| Event ID | usc0000zjd |
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