Magnitude 6.9 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2010 July 18 13:04:13 UTC

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Magnitude	6.9
Date-Time	Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 13:04:13 UTC Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 11:04:13 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.116°S, 150.522°E
Depth	57.5 km (35.7 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	75 km (45 miles) SSE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 110 km (65 miles) E of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 520 km (325 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2385 km (1480 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.5 km (4.0 miles); depth +/- 17 km (10.6 miles)
Parameters	NST=101, Nph=101, Dmin=519.6 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010ywbk

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