Magnitude 6.6 - NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

2010 September 29 17:10:52 UTC

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Magnitude	6.6
Date-Time	Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:10:52 UTC Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:10:52 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	4.930°S, 133.752°E
Depth	21.2 km (13.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region	NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances	105 km (65 miles) NNW of Dobo, Kepulauan Aru, Indonesia 310 km (195 miles) WSW of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia 885 km (550 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia 2985 km (1850 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.4 km (4.0 miles); depth +/- 24.5 km (15.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 88, Nph= 88, Dmin=278 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010bubm

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