Magnitude 4.7 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 May 05 10:28:59 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 4.7 |
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Location | 4.633°S, 151.798°E |
Depth | 155.9 km (96.9 miles) |
Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances | 65 km (40 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 140 km (85 miles) W of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 735 km (455 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2535 km (1570 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 11.5 km (7.1 miles); depth +/- 18.6 km (11.6 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 41, Nph= 41, Dmin=735.7 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 68°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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Event ID | us2009gga2 |
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