Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake of NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2012 March 21

2012 March 21 22:15:05 UTC: NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude: 6.6

Date-Time : Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 22:15:05 UTC
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 08:15:05 AM at epicenter

Location : 6.244°S, 145.959°E

Depth : 105.9 km (65.8 miles)

Region : NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances:

a) 66 km (41 miles) ESE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG

b) 114 km (70 miles) S of Madang, New Guinea, PNG

c) 382 km (237 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

d) 2469 km (1534 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles)

Parameters : NST=138, Nph=141, Dmin=489.8 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5