Papua New Guinea: 2nd Earthquake Magnitude 7.3 - New Britain Region

US Geological Survey
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:50 UTC

© USGS

Date-Time:
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 13:35:02 UTC

Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 11:35:02 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
6.019°S, 150.497°E

Depth:
57.6 km (35.8 miles)

Region:
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances:
65 km (40 miles) SE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG

105 km (65 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG

525 km (325 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2385 km (1480 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth +/- 14.5 km (9.0 miles)

Parameters:
NST=223, Nph=223, Dmin=525.6 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010ywbr