PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.5 (Strong)
Date-Time Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 01:25:14 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 11:25:14 AM = local time at epicenter
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 06:25:14 PM (PDT) - Pacific Daylight
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 09:25:14 PM (EDT) - Eastern Daylight
Location 5.881°S, 150.998°E
Depth 44.1 km (27.4 miles)
Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
100 km (65 miles) ESE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
165 km (105 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
575 km (360 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2400 km (1490 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth +/- 8.5 km (5.3 miles)
Parameters Nst=207, Nph=207, Dmin=574.9 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID ustyac
