Magnitude 6.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:26:27 AM at epicenter

Magnitude 6.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2009 May 12 01:26:27 UTC

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Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 01:26:27 UTC Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:26:27 AM at epicenter
Location	5.637°S, 149.565°E
Depth	92.3 km (57.4 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	66 km (41 miles) N (3°) from Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 309 km (192 miles) ENE (67°) from Lae, New Guinea, PNG 330 km (205 miles) WSW (241°) from Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 499 km (310 miles) NNE (32°) from PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 84, Nph= 97, Dmin=494.3 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	us2009gnah

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