6.1 - SOLOMON ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time
  • 4 Jul 2013 17:16:00 UTC
  • 5 Jul 2013 04:16:00 near epicenter
  • 4 Jul 2013 09:16:00 standard time in your timezone
Location 7.039S 155.644E
Depth 72 km
Distances
  • 81 km (50 mi) SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
  • 92 km (57 mi) S of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
  • 478 km (296 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
  • 543 km (336 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
  • 630 km (390 mi) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 14.2 km; Vertical 7.3 km
Parameters Nph = 123; Dmin = 497.4 km; Rmss = 0.96 seconds; Gp = 22°
Version = 9
Event ID us b000i6rh

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