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Magnitude 7.1 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
1999 May 10 20:33:02 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Date-Time 1999 05 10 20:33:02 UTC Location 5.15S 150.88E Depth 103.0 kilometers Magnitude 7.1 Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. Reference 110 miles (170 km) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG Source USGS NEIC

Location Map Historical Seismicity Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times Moment Tensor Solution Phase (Arrival Time) Data

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->