(M6.9) BOUGAINVILLE REGION

M6.9 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.9
Date-Time	19 Apr 2014 01:04:06 UTC 19 Apr 2014 11:04:06 near epicenter 18 Apr 2014 20:04:06 standard time in your timezone
Location	6.701S 155.069E
Depth	45 km
Distances	62 km (38 mi) SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 74 km (45 mi) SW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 405 km (251 mi) SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 559 km (346 mi) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 616 km (381 mi) WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.2 km
Parameters	Nph = 151; Dmin = 424.9 km; Rmss = 1.19 seconds; Gp = 16° Version = 1
Event ID	us b000pqwe

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