Magnitude 5.3 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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2012 November 11 21:33:10 UTC

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Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 21:33:10 UTC Monday, November 12, 2012 at 07:33:10 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.518°S, 151.710°E
Depth	73.4 km (45.6 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	142 km (88 miles) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 173 km (107 miles) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 341 km (211 miles) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea 430 km (267 miles) W of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 19.7 km (12.2 miles); depth +/- 9.6 km (6.0 miles)
Parameters	NST=109, Nph=109, Dmin=154.7 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 86°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc000dqzz

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