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Earthquake: Magnitude 6.7 - E. New Guinea, PNG


Magnitude 6.7 - Eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time
  • Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 08:48:31 UTC
  • Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 06:48:31 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 5.843°S, 147.022°E
Depth 77.5 km (48.2 miles)
Region EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances 00 km (60 miles) N of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
145 km (90 miles) ESE of Madang, New Guinea, PNG
400 km (250 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2475 km (1540 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.7 km (6.0 miles); depth +/- 21.5 km (13.4 miles)
Parameters Nst= 64, Nph= 64, Dmin=990.5 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source
    USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007kaaq

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