Magnitude 6.7 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 June 23 14:19:22 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 6.7 |
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| Location | 5.153°S, 153.794°E |
| Depth | 64 km (39.8 miles) set by location program |
| Region | NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 115 km (70 miles) SE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 205 km (130 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 870 km (540 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2475 km (1540 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=242, Nph=242, Dmin=827.9 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S |
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| Event ID | us2009ifa4 |
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Felt (V) at Kokopo. Also felt at Arawa.
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