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Magnitude 5.2 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 17:58:06 UTC

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Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time
  • Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 17:58:06 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
  • Monday, July 16, 2007 at 03:58:06 AM local time at epicenter

  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 6.86S 155.78E
    Depth 49 kilometers
    Region BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    Distances 75 km (45 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
    95 km (60 miles) WSW of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
    990 km (610 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
    2295 km (1430 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
    Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 8.3 km; depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=65, Nph=65, Dmin=538.9 km, Rmss=0.80 sec, Erho=8.3 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=68.8 degrees
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID usevbc

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