Magnitude 7.0 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

[Shiloh]

Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt09174001.php

Magnitude 7.0 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 June 23 14:19:20 UTC

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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.0 (Preliminary magnitude ? update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 14:19:20 UTC
* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:19:20 AM at epicenter

Location 5.330?S, 153.630?E
Depth 72 km (44.7 miles) set by location program
Region NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances

* 203 km (126 miles) SE (128?) from Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
* 234 km (146 miles) WNW (295?) from Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
* 364 km (226 miles) WNW (294?) from Chirovanga, Solomon Islands
* 750 km (466 miles) ENE (78?) from Lae, New Guinea, PNG
* 835 km (519 miles) WNW (303?) from HONIARA, Solomon Islands

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 16, Nph= 16, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp= 65?,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source

* NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt09174001

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Magnitude 7.0 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Source: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2009/hawaii.2009.06.23.143306.txt

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
433 AM HST TUE JUN 23 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0419 AM HST 23 JUN 2009
COORDINATES - 5.5 SOUTH 153.6 EAST
LOCATION - NEW IRELAND REGION P.N.G.
MAGNITUDE - 6.8 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.