Magnitude 6.7 - NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2012 March 21 22:15:05 UTC

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Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 22:15:05 UTC Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 08:15:05 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.244°S, 145.959°E
Depth	105.9 km (65.8 miles)
Region	NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	66 km (41 miles) ESE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG 114 km (70 miles) S of Madang, New Guinea, PNG 382 km (237 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2469 km (1534 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=138, Nph=141, Dmin=489.8 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5
Source	Magnitude: NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, Alaska, USA Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0008mye

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