== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00855810.


Region: NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
Geographic coordinates: 3.650S, 143.939E
Magnitude: 6.3 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 1 Apr 2009 03:55:02
Time near the Epicenter: 1 Apr 2009 13:55:02
Local standard time in your area: 1 Apr 2009 10:55:02

Location with respect to nearby cities:
31 km (19 miles) ESE (104 degrees) of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG
245 km (152 miles) N (352 degrees) of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG
275 km (171 miles) NW (310 degrees) of Madang, New Guinea, PNG
380 km (236 miles) ESE (109 degrees) of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
740 km (460 miles) NNW (331 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2009exaq

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009exaq.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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