Magnitude 5.2 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2012 January 25 07:17:03 UTC

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Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 07:17:03 UTC Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 05:17:03 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.250°S, 152.162°E
Depth	51.9 km (32.3 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	116 km (72 miles) S of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 129 km (80 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 719 km (446 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2464 km (1531 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 17.8 km (11.1 miles); depth +/- 8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Parameters	NST= 93, Nph= 94, Dmin=116.9 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0007ra1

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