Papua Earthquake
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 23:15:24 UTC

Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 09:15:24 AM at epicenter

Location:
6.744°S, 147.259°E

Depth:
66.2 km (41.1 miles)

Distances:
30 km (20 miles) E of Lae, New Guinea, PNG

215 km (135 miles) NE of Kerema, New Guinea, PNG

300 km (185 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2370 km (1470 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 3.5 km (2.2 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 76, Nph= 77, Dmin=915 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010veb7

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.