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Magnitude 4.9 - NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.

2007 July 28 11:44:58 UTC

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Earthquake Details

Magnitude 4.9
Date-Time
  • Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 11:44:58 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 9:44:58 PM
    = local time at epicenter
  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 2.751°S, 141.430°E
    Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
    Region NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
    Distances 20 km (10 miles) ESE of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG
    85 km (55 miles) ESE of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
    975 km (610 miles) NW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
    3000 km (1860 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.5 km (7.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst= 23, Nph= 23, Dmin=970.3 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 58°,
    M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
    Source
      USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID us2007fiaq
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