Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea - Eartquake magnitude 6.1

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Magnitude 6.1 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2010 December 13 01:14:43 UTC

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
<TABLE id=parameters summary="Earthquake Details"><TBODY><TR><TH>Magnitude</TH><TD>6.1</TD></TR><TR><TH>Date-Time</TH><TD>

• Monday, December 13, 2010 at 01:14:43 UTC
• Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:14:43 AM at epicenter
• Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location</TH><TD>6.563?S, 155.658?E</TD></TR><TR><TH>Depth</TH><TD>144.8 km (90.0 miles)</TD></TR><TR><TH>Region</TH><TD>BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA</TD></TR><TR><TH>Distances</TH><TD>40 km (25 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
100 km (65 miles) W of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
990 km (610 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2325 km (1450 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location Uncertainty</TH><TD>horizontal +/- 14.5 km (9.0 miles); depth +/- 2.3 km (1.4 miles)</TD></TR><TR><TH>Parameters</TH><TD>NST=176, Nph=183, Dmin=570 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp= 25?,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=7
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Source</TH><TD>

• USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Event ID</TH><TD>usc0000n0r</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0000n0r.php