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Magnitude 7.1 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
1999 May 16 00:51:20 UTC

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

Date-Time 1999 05 16 00:51:20 UTC Location 4.75S 152.486E Depth 74.0 kilometers Magnitude 7.1 Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. Reference 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->