Magnitude 4.9 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2012 January 13 04:12:41 UTC
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Magnitude | 4.9 |
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Location | 6.594°S, 150.493°E |
Depth | 14.5 km (9.0 miles) |
Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 111 km (68 miles) ESE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 121 km (75 miles) SSE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 482 km (299 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2330 km (1447 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 19.1 km (11.9 miles); depth +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 69, Nph= 69, Dmin=323.9 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Gp= 79°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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Event ID | usc0007k43 |
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