M5.0 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time

23 May 2013 23:33:53 UTC
24 May 2013 09:33:53 near epicenter
23 May 2013 15:33:53 standard time in your timezone

Location 5.203S 151.877E
Depth 55 km
Distances

103 km (63 mi) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
196 km (121 mi) ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
314 km (194 mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
420 km (260 mi) WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
699 km (433 mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 15.5 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters Nph = 105; Dmin = 116.0 km; Rmss = 0.65 seconds; Gp = 29�
Version = 6
Event ID us b000h47c


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