Magnitude 4.9 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2011 May 15 22:04:08 UTC
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Magnitude | 4.9 |
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Location | 6.643°S, 155.209°E |
Depth | 96.4 km (59.9 miles) |
Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 60 km (37 miles) SW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 150 km (93 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 606 km (376 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2320 km (1441 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 26.4 km (16.4 miles); depth +/- 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 34, Nph= 38, Dmin=433 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp=115°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 |
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Event ID | usc0003g1x |
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