Magnitude 5.3 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2011 October 10 04:43:15 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Monday, October 10, 2011 at 04:43:15 UTC Monday, October 10, 2011 at 02:43:15 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	4.909°S, 151.571°E
Depth	138 km (85.8 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	103 km (64 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 169 km (105 miles) WSW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 698 km (433 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2505 km (1556 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.3 km (9.5 miles); depth +/- 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Parameters	NST= 82, Nph= 83, Dmin=103.5 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 68°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=3
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc00066sy

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