M7.3 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	7.3
Date-Time	11 Apr 2014 07:07:22 UTC 11 Apr 2014 18:07:22 near epicenter 11 Apr 2014 02:07:22 standard time in your timezone
Location	6.653S 155.043E
Depth	50 km
Distances	61 km (37 mi) SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 73 km (45 mi) SW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 399 km (247 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 555 km (344 mi) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 622 km (385 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.3 km
Parameters	Nph = 101; Dmin = 419.2 km; Rmss = 1.14 seconds; Gp = 29° Version = 1
Event ID	us c000pft9

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