Magnitude 5.8 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2011 May 01 16:12:42 UTC
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Magnitude | 5.8 |
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Location | 6.961°S, 155.851°E |
Depth | 54.6 km (33.9 miles) set by location program |
Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 89 km (55 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 92 km (57 miles) WSW of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 531 km (329 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2289 km (1422 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.2 km (2.0 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=338, Nph=338, Dmin=527.7 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 11°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=E |
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Event ID | usc000338k |
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