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Magnitude 7.7 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - uscuah

2005 September 9 07:26:43 UTC

A major earthquake occurred at 07:26:43 (UTC) on Friday, September 9, 2005. The magnitude 7.7 event has been located in the NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.7
Date-Time
  • Friday, September 9, 2005 at 07:26:43 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Friday, September 9, 2005 at 5:26:43 PM
    = local time at epicenter
    • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 4.539°S, 153.445°E
    Depth 91.3 km (56.7 miles) set by location program
    Region NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    Distances
    45 km (30 miles) E of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
    145 km (90 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
    885 km (550 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
    2535 km (1580 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=276, Nph=276, Dmin=898.4 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Gp= 40°,
    M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID uscuah
    • Preliminary Earthquake Report
    • U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
      World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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