Monday, May 21, 2007

Magnitude 5.7 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA


Earthquake Details

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time
  • Friday, May 18, 2007 at 23:11:26 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 9:11:26 AM
    = local time at epicenter
  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 7.394°S, 151.871°E
    Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
    Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    Distances 210 km (130 miles) NNW of Kulumadau, Woodlark Island, PNG
    280 km (175 miles) SE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
    565 km (350 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
    2220 km (1380 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst= 27, Nph= 27, Dmin=916.2 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 79°,
    M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
    Source
      USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID us2007cmcl

    1 comment:

    dGarry39 said...

    Hope that earthquake didn't do much damage to the country.