Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.4 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 May 05 22:26:07 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.4 |
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| Location | 4.787°S, 151.782°E |
| Depth | 103.1 km (64.1 miles) set by location program |
| Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 75 km (50 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 145 km (90 miles) WSW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 725 km (450 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2520 km (1560 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 84, Nph= 84, Dmin=721.8 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=U |
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| Event ID | us2009ggcd |
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