Magnitude 4.6 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2012 January 06 13:01:33 UTC
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Magnitude | 4.6 |
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Location | 5.272°S, 152.538°E |
Depth | 35.2 km (21.9 miles) |
Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 104 km (64 miles) SSW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 124 km (77 miles) SSE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 750 km (466 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2461 km (1529 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 26.8 km (16.7 miles); depth +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 26, Nph= 27, Dmin=126.9 km, Rmss=1.04 sec, Gp= 97°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 |
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Event ID | usc0007gxm |
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