PNG Quake_210312
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 22:15:05 UTC

Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 08:15:05 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
6.244°S, 145.959°E

Depth
105.9 km (65.8 miles)

Region
NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances
66 km (41 miles) ESE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG

114 km (70 miles) S of Madang, New Guinea, PNG

382 km (237 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2469 km (1534 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles)

Parameters
NST=138, Nph=141, Dmin=489.8 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5

Source
Magnitude: NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, Alaska, USA
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID
usc0008mye