Magnitude 5.3 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2012 January 07 04:30:31 UTC
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Magnitude | 5.3 |
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Location | 4.367°S, 152.532°E |
Depth | 113.1 km (70.3 miles) |
Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 42 km (26 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 56 km (34 miles) WNW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 815 km (506 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2560 km (1590 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 15.9 km (9.9 miles); depth +/- 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 67, Nph= 67, Dmin=629 km, Rmss=0.68 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9 |
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Event ID | usc0007h74 |
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