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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2009lwac.6.20090922T045336.591Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2009-09-22T04:53:36+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 5.5 Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.5 occurred near Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG at 04:38:11.31 UTC on Sep 22, 2009. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lwac.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2009-09-22T04:38:11+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2009lwac</parameter>
<parameter>Version=6</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.5</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=51.9 km (32.2 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=8.3 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=19.1 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=56</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=56</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=850.5 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.78 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=60 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>87 miles (141 km) SSE of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG; 119 miles (192 km) W of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG; 120 miles (193 km) SE of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia; 535 miles (861 km) NW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea</areaDesc>
<circle>-3.746,141.946 0.0</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

