© USGSEarthquake Location
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 21:24:51 UTC
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 07:24:51 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
6.022°S, 149.659°E
Depth:
29 km (18.0 miles)
Region:
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances:
27 km (17 miles) NNE (31°) from Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
305 km (189 miles) ENE (75°) from Lae, New Guinea, PNG
341 km (212 miles) NNE (27°) from Popondetta, New Guinea, PNG
469 km (292 miles) NE (35°) from PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 1 km (0.6 miles)
Parameters:
NST= 79, Nph= 88, Dmin=344 km, Rmss=1.37 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID:
usc0001wfq
[Link]At least 24 people have been killed and 207 others injured after an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Yingjiang County in China's southwestern province of Yunnan.
The tremor occurred at 12:58 p.m. local time (0458 GMT) on Thursday, the Xinhua news agency cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying.
The epicenter was monitored at 24.7 degrees north latitude and 97.9 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 kilometers.
Over 1,000 houses and apartment buildings collapsed in the quake and 33 of those injured are reported to be in a critical condition in area hospitals. A series of aftershocks, measuring up to 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale, rattled Yingjiang County within 10 minutes from the first jolt.