Magnitude 6.5 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2011 May 15 18:37:10 UTC

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Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 18:37:10 UTC Monday, May 16, 2011 at 04:37:10 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.157°S, 154.446°E
Depth	43.2 km (26.8 miles)
Region	BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	121 km (75 miles) W of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 240 km (149 miles) WNW of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands 706 km (438 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2367 km (1470 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.7 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles)
Parameters	NST=295, Nph=297, Dmin=334 km, Rmss=1.45 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0003fvs

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