Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2012 August 19

2012 August 19 22:41:50 UTC: NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA EARTHQUAKE

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Magnitude: 6.2

Date-Time: Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 22:41:50 UTC

Monday, August 20, 2012 at 08:41:50 AM at epicenter

Earthquake data:

Location : 4.849°S, 144.583°E

Depth : 77.3 km (48.0 miles)

Region : NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.

Distances:

a)104 km (64 miles) SSE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea

b)118 km (73 miles) NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

c)141 km (87 miles) WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea

d)163 km (101 miles) NNW of Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Location Uncertainty:horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth +/- 5.8 km (3.6 miles)

Parameters: NST=121, Nph=126, Dmin=438.6 km, Rmss=1.15 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9