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Magnitude 5.5 - PAPUA, INDONESIA

2007 August 19 19:09:44 UTC

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Magnitude

5.5

Date-Time

Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 19:09:44 UTC

Monday, August 20, 2007 at 04:09:44 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

5.550°S, 140.868°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

PAPUA, INDONESIA

Distances

90 km (55 miles) NE of
Tanahmerah, Papua, Indonesia
130 km (80 miles) NNW of Lake
Murray, New Guinea, PNG
1335 km (830 miles) NE of DARWIN,
Northern Territory, Australia
3780 km (2340 miles) E of JAKARTA,
Java, Indonesia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 11 km (6.8 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 39, Nph= 39, Dmin=813.9 km, Rmss=0.51 sec, Gp=
79°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007gfbx

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