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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-at00786301.1.20080804T152638.862Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#at</sender>
<sent>2008-08-04T15:26:39+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Alert</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS</senderName>
<headline>EQ 5.7 Rabaul, New Britain, PNG - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.7 occurred near Rabaul, New Britain, PNG at 15:16:58.00 UTC on Aug 4, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/at00786301.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#at</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-08-04T15:16:58+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=at00786301</parameter>
<parameter>Version=1</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.7</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=72.0 km (44.7 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=0.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=0.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=13</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=13</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=675.2 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=1.51 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=86 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>88 miles (141 km) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG; 165 miles (266 km) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG; 209 miles (337 km) SSE of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG; 342 miles (551 km) ENE of Lae, New Guinea, PNG; 421 miles (678 km) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea</areaDesc>
<circle>-5.426,151.800 0.0</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

