Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake hit 80 km (50 miles) WSW of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea PNG - Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 11:42:28 AM at epicenter

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.2
Date-Time	Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 01:42:28 UTC Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 11:42:28 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.499°S, 154.883°E
Depth	65.7 km (40.8 miles)
Region	BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	80 km (50 miles) WSW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 195 km (120 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 900 km (560 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2325 km (1450 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles); depth +/- 12 km (7.5 miles)
Parameters	NST=124, Nph=124, Dmin=645.7 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009jmae

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