M5.0 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
1 Feb 2015 04:36:35 UTC
1 Feb 2015 14:36:36 near epicenter
31 Jan 2015 20:36:35 standard time in your timezone
Location 5.461S 151.570E
Depth 50 km
Distances
144 km (89 mi) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
158 km (98 mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
330 km (205 mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
447 km (277 mi) W of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
654 km (405 mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 12.4 km; Vertical 9.0 km
Parameters Nph = 38; Dmin = 155.3 km; Rmss = 0.77 seconds; Gp = 72°
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Event ID us c000tkp9


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