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Thread ID: 119474 2011-07-25 03:57:00 6.2 Mw - NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1218897 2011-07-25 03:57:00 All around youse guys!


Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude - 6.2 Mw

Date-Time

25 Jul 2011 00:50:50 UTC
25 Jul 2011 10:50:50 near epicenter
24 Jul 2011 16:50:50 standard time in your timezone

Location

3.213S 150.671E
Depth

34 km
Distances

73 km (46 miles) S (191 degrees) of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG
201 km (125 miles) NW (304 degrees) of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
359 km (223 miles) NNE (21 degrees) of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
566 km (352 miles) NE (46 degrees) of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
794 km (493 miles) NNE (29 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

Location Uncertainty - Horizontal: 13.8 km; Vertical 4.4 km

Parameters

Nph = 153; Dmin = 198.1 km; Rmss = 1.20 seconds; Gp = 39°
M-type = Mw; Version = 9
Event ID

US c00053rl

For updates, maps, and technical information, see: Event Page or USGS Earthquake Hazards Program


National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov

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SurferJoe46 (51)
1218898 2011-07-25 04:42:00 For some reason I thought the title read New Ireland Religion gary67 (56)
1218899 2011-07-25 04:58:00 Maybe an Irish religion is causing the EQs. SurferJoe46 (51)
1218900 2011-07-25 05:15:00 Actually Joe, you want to take a look at the Aleutian Islands with Google Earth and see how many earthquakes they have had in the last few days.
:)
Trev (427)
1218901 2011-07-25 05:18:00 I honestly didn't lnow there were places called New Ireland and New Britain! :stare: tuiruru (12277)
1218902 2011-07-25 05:27:00 Trev:::

Yeah - lots and lots! Anyone without an idea might think something's up. But no-body goes there any more since it's so crowded.

Or not.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1218903 2011-07-25 06:09:00 At least we've got several thousand islands between us and New Ireland.
This one looks like it will be sending a tidal wave across the open sea towards SurferJoe46-land!

Magnitude (earthquake.usgs.gov)6.2 Date-Time (earthquake.usgs.gov)

Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 18:51:25 UTC
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 03:51:25 AM at epicenter

Location (earthquake.usgs.gov)37.758°N, 141.540°E Depth (earthquake.usgs.gov)35.6 km (22.1 miles) Region (earthquake.usgs.gov)NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Distances (earthquake.usgs.gov)

79 km (49 miles) SE (133°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
94 km (59 miles) E (88°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
95 km (59 miles) NE (36°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
282 km (175 miles) NE (34°) from TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty (earthquake.usgs.gov)horizontal +/- 14.3 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 9.1 km (5.7 miles) Parameters (earthquake.usgs.gov)NST=377, Nph=378, Dmin=326.2 km, Rmss=0.74 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 Source (earthquake.usgs.gov)

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID (earthquake.usgs.gov)usc00053hg
coldot (6847)
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