Indonesia: Earthquake Magnitude 7.2 - Near South Coast of Papua

USGS
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:34 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:11:24 UTC

Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:11:24 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
4.920°S, 133.783°E

Depth:
12.3 km (7.6 miles)

Region:
NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Distances:
105 km (65 miles) NNW of Dobo, Kepulauan Aru, Indonesia

310 km (190 miles) WSW of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia

900 km (560 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia

2985 km (1850 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.7 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 2.6 km (1.6 miles)

Parameters:
NST=143, Nph=146, Dmin=279.4 km, Rmss=1.36 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010bubv