M5.8 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.8
Date-Time
21 Aug 2014 02:11:32 UTC
21 Aug 2014 12:11:32 near epicenter
20 Aug 2014 18:11:32 standard time in your timezone
Location 5.221S 150.652E
Depth 12 km
Distances
67 km (41 mi) ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
202 km (125 mi) WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
293 km (181 mi) S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
438 km (271 mi) ENE of Lae, Papua New Guinea
604 km (374 mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.4 km
Parameters Nph = 78; Dmin = 202.8 km; Rmss = 1.18 seconds; Gp = 22°
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Event ID us b000s4s2


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