Magnitude 5.2 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2011 November 21 03:48:40 UTC

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Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Monday, November 21, 2011 at 03:48:40 UTC Monday, November 21, 2011 at 01:48:40 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	3.591°S, 150.371°E
Depth	37.2 km (23.1 miles)
Region	NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	105 km (65 miles) S of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG 167 km (103 miles) WNW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 771 km (479 miles) NNE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2664 km (1655 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 24.1 km (15.0 miles); depth +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles)
Parameters	NST= 64, Nph= 64, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp=122°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0006vc0

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