Magnitude 7.7 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2005 September 09 07:26:43 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 7.7 |
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| Location | 4.539°S, 153.445°E |
| Depth | 91.3 km (56.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 45 km (30 miles) E of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 145 km (90 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 885 km (550 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2535 km (1580 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=276, Nph=276, Dmin=898.4 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S |
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| Event ID | uscuah |
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