M7.5 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	7.5
Date-Time	19 Apr 2014 13:27:59 UTC 19 Apr 2014 23:28:00 near epicenter 19 Apr 2014 08:27:59 standard time in your timezone
Location	6.720S 154.931E
Depth	30 km
Distances	75 km (46 mi) SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 87 km (53 mi) SW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 394 km (244 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 545 km (337 mi) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 629 km (389 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.0 km
Parameters	Nph = 99; Dmin = 414.9 km; Rmss = 1.18 seconds; Gp = 16° Version = 1
Event ID	us b000pr89

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