Magnitude 5.3 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2011 November 28 14:27:57 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Monday, November 28, 2011 at 14:27:57 UTC Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 12:27:57 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.549°S, 153.662°E
Depth	56.5 km (35.1 miles)
Region	NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	137 km (85 miles) SSE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 216 km (134 miles) SE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 822 km (510 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2426 km (1507 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth +/- 11 km (6.8 miles)
Parameters	NST= 82, Nph= 82, Dmin=224 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0006yw5

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