Quake of M6.8 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.8
Date-Time	7 Jul 2013 20:30:07 UTC 8 Jul 2013 06:30:08 near epicenter 8 Jul 2013 00:30:07 standard time in your timezone
Location	6.024S 149.748E
Depth	61 km
Distances	30 km (18 mi) NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea 68 km (42 mi) SW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 315 km (195 mi) ENE of Lae, Papua New Guinea 334 km (207 mi) SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 472 km (292 mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 13.6 km; Vertical 9.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 78; Dmin = 336.2 km; Rmss = 0.67 seconds; Gp = 20° Version = 6
Event ID	us b000i8ey

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