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Magnitude 7.8 NEW BRITIAN REGION, P.N.G.

2000 November 17 21:01:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

Date-Time 2000 11 17 21:01:56 UTC Location 5.49S 151.78E Depth 33.0 kilometers Magnitude 7.8 Region NEW BRITIAN REGION, P.N.G. Reference 95 miles (150 km) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG Source USGS NEIC

Location Map Historical Seismicity Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times Moment Tensor Solution Energy and Broadband 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->