Magnitude 5.5 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

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2011 March 12 04:04:48 UTC

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Magnitude	5.5
Date-Time	Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 04:04:48 UTC Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 01:04:48 PM at epicenter
Location	2.994°S, 139.126°E
Depth	48.3 km (30.0 miles)
Region	NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances	182 km (113 miles) WSW (254°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia 242 km (151 miles) W (261°) from Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG 324 km (202 miles) ENE (74°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia 1146 km (712 miles) NW (308°) from PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16.4 km (10.2 miles); depth +/- 2 km (1.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 60, Nph= 65, Dmin=764.8 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	usc000200n

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