Magnitude 6.2 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA

BOUGAINVILLE REGION, 

2010 December 13 01:14:43 UTC

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	6.2
Date-Time	Monday, December 13, 2010 at 01:14:43 UTC Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:14:43 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.563°S, 155.640°E
Depth	146.9 km (91.3 miles) set by location program
Region	BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	40 km (25 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 100 km (65 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 990 km (610 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2325 km (1450 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=410, Nph=453, Dmin=466.4 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=C
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0000n0r

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