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Earthquake: Magnitude 6.7 - E. New Guinea, PNG

Published: Thu 22 Nov 2007 10:38 PM
Magnitude 6.7 - Eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Magnitude 6.7 Date-Time Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 08:48:31 UTCThursday, 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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