Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.2 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 January 14 04:49:00 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.2 |
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| Location | 6.502°S, 155.696°E |
| Depth | 180.3 km (112.0 miles) |
| Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 35 km (20 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 105 km (65 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 990 km (620 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2340 km (1450 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 8 km (5.0 miles); depth +/- 15.4 km (9.6 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 71, Nph= 71, Dmin=569.8 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2009bvam |
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