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2017-01-22 04:30:24 UPDATED: (M8.0) BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA -6.3 155.1 (8fbb3)

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M8.0 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 8.0
Date-Time
  • 22 Jan 2017 04:30:25 UTC
  • 22 Jan 2017 15:30:25 near epicenter
  • 22 Jan 2017 05:30:25 standard time in your timezone
Location 6.267S 155.119E
Depth 153 km
Distances
  • 40 km (24 mi) W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
  • 46 km (28 mi) W of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
  • 380 km (235 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
  • 556 km (344 mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
  • 637 km (394 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 7.9 km; Vertical 5.7 km
Parameters Nph = 103; Dmin = 399.5 km; Rmss = 1.07 seconds; Gp = 29°
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Event ID us 10007uph ***This event supersedes event PT17022050,AT00ok5z6p.

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