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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008wlaz.7.20080902T114615.839Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-09-02T11:46:15+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>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 5.0 Goroka, New Guinea, PNG - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.0 occurred near Goroka, New Guinea, PNG at 11:28:12.40 UTC on Sep 2, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008wlaz.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-09-02T11:28:12+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008wlaz</parameter>
<parameter>Version=7</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.0</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=66.7 km (41.4 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=11.8 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=22.4 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=28</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=28</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=432.1 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=1.05 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=113 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>20 miles (31 km) NNE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG; 45 miles (72 km) SSW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG; 90 miles (145 km) E of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG; 117 miles (189 km) WNW of Lae, New Guinea, PNG; 275 miles (442 km) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea</areaDesc>
<circle>-5.839,145.561 0.0</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

