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Magnitude 6.6 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2003 June 07 00:32:44 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

	Magnitude	6.6
	Date-Time	Saturday, June 07, 2003 at 00:32:44 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, June 07, 2003 at 10:32:44 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
	Location	5.10S 152.34E
	Depth	33.0 kilometers
	Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
	Reference	100 km (60 miles) S of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 105 km (65 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 745 km (460 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2475 km (1540 miles) N of Brisbane, Australia
	Location Quality	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 9.1 km; depth fixed by location program
	Location Quality Parameters	Nst=106, Nph=106, Dmin=1781.3 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Erho=9.1 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=91.6 degrees
	Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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