Magnitude 6.7 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2005 September 29 15:50:23 UTC

Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 15:50:23 UTC Friday, September 30, 2005 at 01:50:23 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	5.437°S, 151.816°E
Depth	25 km (15.5 miles) set by location program
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	145 km (90 miles) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 175 km (110 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 675 km (420 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2445 km (1520 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 4.9 km (3.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=268, Nph=268, Dmin=674.9 km, Rmss=0.83 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=T
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usdpaw

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