Magnitude 5.0 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
2011 May 06 02:37:24 UTC
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Magnitude | 5.0 |
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Location | 2.837°S, 139.188°E |
Depth | 43.8 km (27.2 miles) |
Region | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
Distances | 171 km (106 miles) WSW of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia 231 km (143 miles) W of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG 1408 km (874 miles) NE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia 3609 km (2242 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 76, Nph= 79, Dmin=771.4 km, Rmss=0.83 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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Event ID | usc0003735 |
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