Magnitude 6.3 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 19:18:23 UTC Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 05:18:23 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.917°S, 150.681°E
Depth	35.9 km (22.3 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	70 km (45 miles) SE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 130 km (80 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 550 km (340 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2400 km (1490 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles); depth +/- 18.8 km (11.7 miles)
Parameters	NST= 78, Nph= 78, Dmin=547.7 km, Rmss=1.26 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010yybw

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