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Magnitude 6.1 - BISMARCK SEA

2007 June 7 00:40:40 UTC

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Magnitude

6.1

Date-Time

Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 00:40:40 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 10:40:40 AM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

3.377°S, 146.763°E

Depth

22.6 km (14.0 miles) set by location program

Region

BISMARCK SEA

Distances

160 km (100 miles) SSW of
Lorengau, Manus Island, PNG
230 km (145 miles) NNE of Madang,
New Guinea, PNG
675 km (420 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New
Guinea
2745 km (1710 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland,
Australia

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 7 km (4.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

Nst= 71, Nph= 71, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp=
54°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007dhac

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