Very Strong Magnitude 6.7 earthquake - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:19:16 AM at epicenter

Magnitude 6.7 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2009 June 23 14:19:16 UTC

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Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 14:19:16 UTC Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:19:16 AM at epicenter
Location	5.261°S, 153.413°E
Depth	35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region	NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	95 km (60 miles) SSE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 180 km (110 miles) SE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 825 km (510 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2460 km (1530 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=124, Nph=124, Dmin=856.2 km, Rmss=1.61 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009ifa4

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