Magnitude 5.3 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2011 October 17 19:51:55 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Monday, October 17, 2011 at 19:51:55 UTC Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 05:51:55 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.929°S, 151.039°E
Depth	47.2 km (29.3 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	107 km (66 miles) ESE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 167 km (103 miles) E of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 577 km (358 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2396 km (1488 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 18.7 km (11.6 miles); depth +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles)
Parameters	NST= 31, Nph= 31, Dmin=229.3 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0006asz

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