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10/17/2016 — Large M6.9 earthquake strikes West Pacific — Earthquake forecast hit Oct
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Oc. 17, 2016
2016-10-17 06:14:58 UTC 6.053°S 148.862°E 35.0 km depth
October 17, 2016
A large M6.9 earthquake has struck the West Pacific in the Solomon Islands in Eastern Papua New Guinea.
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Papua New Guinea had a multiple day warning for large movement to strike.
PNG was a specifically warned location, one which we talked about over the past several days due to the deep M6.4 which occurred a few days ago (leading to this new shallower larger earthquake today).
See the most recent warning issued a full day prior to the earthquake (October 15 2016) here:
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Information from the USGS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ept#origin
M6.9 – 78km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
Magnitude
6.9 mwp
Location / uncertainty
6.053°S 148.862°E± 6.6 km
Depth / uncertainty
35.0 km± 1.8
Origin Time
Number of Stations
–
Number of Phases
142
Minimum Distance
415.6 km (3.73°)
Travel Time Residual
1.29 s
Azimuthal Gap
16°
FE Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (192)
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Information from the Australian agency:
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/getQuakeDetails.do?quakeId=3884973&orid=1391901&sta=RABL
Date and Time
UTC: 17 October 2016 @ 06:14:57
Location New Britain, PNG.
Coordinates: -6.211, 149.121
Depth: 0 km
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