Earthquake Report 6.8 Mw – NEW BRITAIN REGION #2
Category EarthQuake |
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
6.8 Mw – NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude |
6.8 Mw |
| Date-Time |
- 18 Jul 2010 13:35:01 UTC
- 18 Jul 2010 23:35:01 near epicenter
- 18 Jul 2010 05:35:01 standard time in your timezone
|
| Location |
5.994S 150.472E |
| Depth |
50 km |
| Distances |
- 107 km (67 miles) ENE (76 degrees) of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
- 274 km (170 miles) SW (224 degrees) of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
- 383 km (238 miles) S (185 degrees) of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG
- 393 km (244 miles) ENE (78 degrees) of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
- 528 km (328 miles) NE (43 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
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| Location Uncertainty |
Horizontal: 8.7 km; Vertical 17.6 km |
| Parameters |
Nph = 156; Dmin = 525.4 km; Rmss = 1.37 seconds; Gp = 36°
M-type = Mw; Version = 6 |
| Event ID |
US 2010ywbr ***This event supersedes event PT10199002 |
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