7.1 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time
  • 16 Oct 2013 10:31:01 UTC
  • 16 Oct 2013 20:31:01 near epicenter
  • 16 Oct 2013 02:31:01 standard time in your timezone
Location 6.490S 154.920E
Depth 58 km
Distances
  • 65 km (40 mi) WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
  • 74 km (45 mi) WSW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
  • 377 km (233 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
  • 539 km (334 mi) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
  • 642 km (398 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.7 km
Parameters Nph = 116; Dmin = 642.6 km; Rmss = 1.04 seconds; Gp = 16°
Version = 1
Event ID us b000kemb

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