Historic Earthquakes
Magnitude 7.8 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
2000 November 16 07:42:16 UTC
Me 7.3 Broadband Source Parameters: BROADBAND DEPTH: 30.0 km RADIATED ENERGY No. of sta: 10 Focal mech. M Energy 1.7±0.3*10**15 Nm COMMENT: Complex earthquake observed on broadband displacement seismograms. A small event is followed by a large one about 10 seconds later. Depth from synthetics of broadband displacement seismograms based on second event.

