Magnitude 4.5 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Earthquake Information for Papua New Guinea

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Magnitude	4.5
Date-Time	Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 04:05:52 UTC Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 02:05:52 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	4.975°S, 151.498°E
Depth	136.3 km (84.7 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	114 km (70 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 162 km (100 miles) ENE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 687 km (426 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2498 km (1552 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 24.2 km (15.0 miles); depth +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles)
Parameters	NST= 34, Nph= 36, Dmin=113.5 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0003hvh