Magnitude 6.2 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2010 February 01 22:28:17 UTC
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| Magnitude | 6.2 |
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| Location | 6.102°S, 154.424°E |
| Depth | 33 km (20.5 miles) set by location program |
| Region | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 125 km (80 miles) W of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 235 km (145 miles) SE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 885 km (550 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2370 km (1470 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 4.8 km (3.0 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=169, Nph=169, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2010seb6 |
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