Magnitude 6.8 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2003 March 11 07:27:31 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
| Phase Data |
11 MAR 2003 ( 70)
ot = 07:27:32.02 +/- 0.29 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
lat = -4.699 +/- 6.3
lon = 153.135 +/- 7.8 MAGNITUDE 6.8 (GS)
dep = 33.0 (normal depth)
120 km (75 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
315 km (195 miles) WNW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
840 km (520 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2520 km (1570 miles) N of Brisbane, Australia
nph = 50 of 239 se = 1.06 FE=190 A
error ellipse = (111.7,201.7, 0.0; 0.0, 0.0, 0.0; 10.5, 7.8, 0.0)
mb = 5.8 ( 29) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 5.5 ( 3) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 6.8 ( 96)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
CTAO eP 07:31:27.07 1.8 16.7 203 g:2.8+0 1.3 5.6 b:2.3+3 1.5 6.1 CTAO
LR 07:35:30.78
GUMO eP 07:32:05.65 1.4 19.9 336 g:5.6+0 1.2 6.1 b:2.4+2 1.1 5.4 GUMO
LR 07:37:05.16
WAKE qP 07:33:17.89 2.2 27.3 29 g:9.5-2 1.3 4.5 b:7.0+0 .60 4.5X WAKE
LR 07:40:36.79 S:2.0+1 22. 5.6X
MBWA eP 07:34:34.64 -0.2 36.3 240 b:6.5+2 .90 6.5 MBWA
LR 07:44:49.40
TAU eP 07:34:53.05 1.0 38.4 187 b:7.0+2 1.2 6.3 TAU
LR 07:45:49.95 S:3.4+1 19. 6.2
SNZO eP 07:35:15.18 -0.5 41.3 155 b:2.0+2 .50 6.1 SNZO
LR 07:47:12.62 S:5.5+1 22. 6.4
TATO eP 07:35:29.61 2.5 42.6 315 b:6.6+2 1.1 6.3 TATO
LR 07:47:51.01 S:1.5+2 22. 6.8
MAJO eP 07:35:32.47 -0.3 43.3 342 b:1.1+1 .50 4.9 MAJO
LR 07:48:12.63 S:8.8+1 22. 6.6
NWAO eP 07:35:34.70 -1.1 43.7 226 b:5.6+1 .80 5.4 NWAO
LR 07:48:20.06 S:6.6+1 20. 6.5
INCN eP 07:36:15.33 0.2 48.7 332 b:4.5+2 .95 6.5 INCN
LR 07:50:44.56 S:4.8+1 19. 6.5
YSS eP 07:36:42.52 0.4 52.2 351 b:4.7+0 .50 4.7 YSS
LR 07:52:26.90 S:7.8+1 22. 6.7
KIP eP 07:36:59.00 0.2 54.4 60 b:5.2+2 1.6 6.3 KIP
LR 07:53:31.19 S:3.2+1 21. 6.4
POHA eP 07:37:09.51 -0.9 56.0 63 b:2.3+2 .95 6.2 POHA
LR 07:54:15.63 S:3.7+1 22. 6.4
COCO eP 07:37:11.20 0.3 56.1 259 b:7.1+0 .95 4.7X COCO
LR 07:54:13.71 S:3.4+1 21. 6.4
PET eP 07:37:22.56 1.0 57.7 4 b:2.3+1 1.1 5.1 PET
LR 07:55:02.82 S:3.4+1 22. 6.4
ADK eP 07:37:50.69 -0.2 62.0 21 b:6.3+1 .85 5.8 ADK
LR 07:57:04.78 S:1.1+1 22. 6.0
MA2 eP 07:38:03.38 -1.6 64.1 359 b:1.2+2 .90 6.0 MA2
LR 07:58:05.29 S:5.7+1 21. 6.7
ULN eP 07:38:18.58 0.4 66.1 328 b:3.4+1 .90 5.4 ULN
LR 07:59:00.66 S:5.8+1 19. 6.8
UNV eP 07:38:26.54 0.4 67.4 25 b:1.1+2 .56 6.1 UNV
LR 07:59:39.89 S:9.6+1 22. 7.0
YAK eP 07:38:36.18 0.5 68.9 348 b:2.1+1 .45 5.5 YAK
LR 08:00:22.91 S:2.9+1 19. 6.5
H2O eP 07:38:43.10 -0.8 70.3 58 H2O
LR 08:01:03.85
BILL eP 07:38:59.79 -1.1 73.2 5 b:7.7+1 .75 5.8 BILL
LR 08:02:23.81
PALK eP 07:39:02.27 -0.3 73.2 279 PALK
LR 08:02:23.12
SBA eP 07:39:02.87 0.4 73.5 177 b:1.3+2 1.0 5.9 SBA
LR 08:02:29.87 S:8.5+0 19. 6.0
TNA eP 07:39:15.24 0.1 75.6 16 b:2.3+1 1.1 5.1 TNA
LR 08:03:33.98 S:5.7+1 20. 6.9
KURK eP 07:39:58.98 -0.8 83.9 322 KURK
LR 08:07:28.14
SIT eP 07:40:00.97 0.7 84.0 31 b:4.8+1 1.1 5.6 SIT
LR 08:07:33.99 S:8.7+1 21. 7.1
DAWY eP 07:40:03.03 0.0 84.6 24 DAWY
QSPA eP 07:40:06.18 -0.4 85.3 180 b:6.8+0 .50 5.1 QSPA
LR 08:08:06.29 S:1.0+1 20. 6.2
SPA eP 07:40:06.46 -0.5 85.3 180 b:2.2+1 1.1 5.3 SPA
LR 08:08:08.34 S:1.3+1 21. 6.3
SAO P 07:40:08.55 -17.2X 89.1 53 SAO
LR 08:09:59.73 S:3.5+1 21. 6.8
DLBC eP 07:40:15.88 0.1 87.1 31 DLBC
e 07:40:35.38 19.6X
INK eP 07:40:19.89 -1.0 88.2 21 b:4.9+1 1.0 5.7 INK
HUMO eP 07:40:23.32 -0.1 88.7 47 HUMO
LR 08:09:46.98
CHKZ eP 07:40:24.31 -2.0 89.3 324 CHKZ
BRVK eP 07:40:25.20 -1.6 89.4 323 BRVK
LR 08:10:05.96
BMW eP 07:40:26.14 1.1 89.0 43 BMW
ZRNK eP 07:40:28.28 -2.0 90.2 323 ZRNK
PTRM eP 07:40:29.67 -0.2 90.0 54 PTRM
BEKR eP 07:40:31.07 -0.4 90.3 50 b:3.4+1 .36 6.0 BEKR
RPW eP 07:40:31.14 -0.4 90.4 42 RPW
ABL eP 07:40:33.68 0.1 90.7 55 ABL
WCN eP 07:40:34.02 0.7 90.7 51 b:1.2+1 1.0 5.1 WCN
ISA eP 07:40:35.67 -0.8 91.4 55 ISA
LR 08:11:04.90 S:5.8+0 20. 6.0
MTUM eP 07:40:36.72 -0.2 91.5 53 MTUM
MWC eP 07:40:37.13 -0.5 91.6 56 MWC
LR 08:11:11.32
MNV eP 07:40:37.76 -0.9 91.9 52 b:7.2+1 1.1 6.0 MNV
e 07:41:01.77 23.1X
LR 08:11:18.51 S:2.7+1 19. 6.7
NSHM P 07:40:38.97 16.6X 88.4 51 NSHM
DAC eP 07:40:42.47 2.4 92.2 54 b:3.4+1 1.1 5.7 DAC
LR 08:11:26.56 S:2.5+1 21. 6.6
GSC qP 07:40:43.49 0.9 92.7 55 GSC
LR 08:11:42.85
NEN eP 07:40:51.13 1.0 94.4 55 NEN
YKW3 eP 07:40:51.88 -1.2 95.2 28 YKW3
LKWY e 07:40:54.65 -11.5X 97.9 46 LKWY
LR 08:14:09.62 S:4.9+1 21. 7.0
LAZ eP 07:41:18.56 -0.4X 100.7 56 LAZ
SNAA ePdif 07:41:23.96 -0.6X 102.2 188 SNAA
RES P 07:41:27.97 12.2X 100.2 15 RES
RSSD e 07:41:39.71 13.0X 102.5 46 RSSD
LR 08:16:20.29 S:1.7+1 20. 6.6
GDL2 P 07:41:50.48 20.9X 103.1 58 GDL2
GNI P 07:42:00.69 13.5X 107.1 310 GNI
LR 08:18:28.07 S:1.4+1 21. 6.5
WCI P 07:42:23.25 -6.7X 116.7 49 WCI
LR 08:23:06.31 S:8.5+1 22. 7.3
MCWV e 07:42:39.31 -9.7X 121.0 46 MCWV
LR 08:25:08.65 S:3.4+1 22. 6.9
PTN 07:42:50.53 -3.6X 122.2 39 PTN
FCC e 07:46:04.80 11.4X 105.7 30 FCC
e 07:46:33.20 39.8X
CLNB e 07:46:05.26 273.X 103.5 58 CLNB
SLM 07:46:06.84 -2.2X 113.6 50 SLM
CCM P 07:46:08.37 0.5X 113.0 51 CCM
LR 08:21:19.72 S:3.2+1 22. 6.9
WMOK P 07:46:12.91 15.2X 107.5 55 WMOK
LR 08:18:44.35 S:1.5+1 22. 6.5
KMBO P 07:46:13.99 -0.1X 115.7 267 KMBO
LR 08:22:32.72 S:1.1+1 22. 6.4
EIL P 07:46:14.34 -1.0X 116.7 301 EIL
SUW P 07:46:14.40 0.6X 116.3 330 SUW
KWP P 07:46:17.99 -0.7X 118.8 326 KWP
JCT e 07:46:21.31 24.3X 107.1 60 JCT
LR 08:18:31.67 S:2.9+1 21. 6.8
PSZ P 07:46:23.14 -0.4X 121.3 325 PSZ
MORC P 07:46:23.38 -0.6X 121.6 328 MORC
P 07:46:23.39 -0.6X
RUE P 07:46:24.66 0.5X 121.8 332 RUE
SUR P 07:46:25.52 0.7X 121.6 227 SUR
LR 08:25:22.13 S:2.6+1 22. 6.8
KRIS e 07:46:28.31 1.2X 123.0 309 KRIS
GVD P 07:46:30.06 0.5X 124.2 309 GVD
e 07:46:45.61 16.1X
e 07:46:52.16 22.6X
07:47:56.71 87.2X
STU P 07:46:32.42 -1.0X 126.4 331 STU
TRQA P 07:46:33.62 -0.1X 126.4 146 TRQA
LR 08:27:41.10
WLF P 07:46:34.66 -0.2X 127.2 334 WLF
AQU P 07:46:37.67 0.7X 128.2 322 AQU
SELV P 07:46:57.35 -4.4X 141.3 330 SELV
HUMP P 07:46:58.99 -0.2X 139.6 67 HUMP
SJG e 07:47:00.77 2.1X 139.4 68 SJG
LR 08:33:52.34
MTE P 07:47:02.28 2.2X 140.4 337 MTE
MPR P 07:47:04.34 7.4X 138.4 68 MPR
e 07:47:21.29 24.3X
CART P 07:47:11.89 13.3X 139.6 328 CART
MTP P 07:47:16.92 17.3X 139.9 67 MTP
ICM P 07:47:19.64 21.5X 139.1 68 ICM
AAM e 07:47:46.32 90.2X 117.4 44 AAM
LR 08:23:24.89 S:3.6+1 21. 7.0
HALT e 07:47:55.63 103.X 114.9 53 HALT
MIDW LR 07:48:14.45 43.3 39 S:6.0+1 22. 6.5 MIDW
KS15 LR 07:50:27.14 48.1 333 KS15
QIZ LR 07:50:43.99 48.7 300 QIZ
MDJ LR 07:53:00.66 53.4 339 MDJ
ENH LR 07:53:24.86 54.3 313 ENH
BJT LR 07:54:12.51 56.0 326 BJT
SMY LR 07:56:06.20 59.9 15 S:1.3+2 20. 7.1 SMY
HIA LR 07:56:38.16 61.1 336 HIA
LSA LR 08:00:07.28 68.5 304 LSA
PTCN LR 08:03:46.14 76.0 115 PTCN
TIXI LR 08:04:36.79 77.8 352 TIXI
FIB LR 08:05:05.30 78.8 24 S:8.9+1 22. 7.1 FIB
PMR LR 08:05:23.89 79.5 24 S:3.9+1 20. 6.7 PMR
DIV LR 08:05:57.61 80.6 26 S:1.6+2 22. 7.3 DIV
MCK LR 08:05:57.66 80.6 22 S:1.4+1 20. 6.3 MCK
COLA LR 08:06:25.91 81.6 22 S:3.5+1 19. 6.7 COLA
NIL LR 08:07:35.98 84.2 304 NIL
HOPS LR 08:09:31.05 88.1 51 S:4.8+1 20. 6.9 HOPS
OCWA LR 08:09:43.08 88.5 42 S:2.3+1 20. 6.6 OCWA
COR LR 08:09:47.43 88.7 45 S:1.8+2 22. 7.5 COR
WDC LR 08:09:48.41 88.7 49 S:4.6+1 22. 6.9 WDC
YBH LR 08:09:48.96 88.7 48 S:4.1+1 20. 6.8 YBH
GNW LR 08:10:08.17 89.4 42 GNW
LON LR 08:10:24.88 90.0 43 LON
CMB LR 08:10:27.55 90.1 52 S:5.1+1 21. 6.9 CMB
SNCC LR 08:10:34.22 90.3 57 S:1.8+1 21. 6.5 SNCC
MOD LR 08:10:40.49 90.5 48 S:4.9+1 22. 6.9 MOD
HAWA LR 08:11:08.38 91.5 44 S:5.6+1 20. 7.0 HAWA
WVOR LR 08:11:17.03 91.8 48 S:4.9+1 20. 6.9 WVOR
TPH LR 08:11:38.60 92.6 52 S:3.9+1 21. 6.8 TPH
BAR LR 08:11:41.06 92.7 58 BAR
BMN LR 08:11:43.11 92.7 50 S:3.7+1 21. 6.8 BMN
PFO LR 08:11:47.97 92.9 57 S:6.8+1 22. 7.1 PFO
TPNV LR 08:11:58.59 93.3 53 S:3.2+1 22. 6.7 TPNV
NEW LR 08:11:58.96 93.3 42 S:2.7+1 19. 6.7 NEW
LDFC LR 08:12:22.03 94.1 55 LDFC
GLA LR 08:12:25.88 94.2 57 GLA
ELK LR 08:12:26.59 94.3 50 S:4.4+1 21. 6.9 ELK
RPN LR 08:12:33.93 94.6 118 S:9.0+1 21. 7.2 RPN
HLID LR 08:12:47.00 95.0 47 S:3.8+1 22. 6.8 HLID
MSO LR 08:12:58.78 95.4 44 S:2.7+1 21. 6.7 MSO
DUG LR 08:13:18.85 96.1 50 S:3.6+1 21. 6.8 DUG
MVU LR 08:13:31.40 96.5 52 S:4.3+1 21. 6.9 MVU
BOZ LR 08:13:44.34 97.0 45 S:5.0+1 22. 7.0 BOZ
MPU LR 08:13:44.60 97.0 50 MPU
HWUT LR 08:13:46.16 97.1 49 S:3.4+1 20. 6.8 HWUT
WUAZ LR 08:13:49.49 97.2 55 S:1.5+1 21. 6.5 WUAZ
AHID LR 08:13:55.87 97.4 48 S:3.1+1 20. 6.8 AHID
YMR LR 08:13:58.06 97.5 46 YMR
TUC LR 08:14:02.38 97.6 58 S:1.7+1 21. 6.5 TUC
BW06 LR 08:14:28.24 98.5 48 S:4.1+1 20. 6.9 BW06
ANMO LR 08:15:44.36 101.2 55 S:1.0+1 20. 6.3 ANMO
ISCO LR 08:15:56.72 101.6 50 S:2.7+1 21. 6.7 ISCO
SDCO LR 08:16:02.71 101.8 53 S:4.9+1 22. 7.0 SDCO
KBS LR 08:16:42.84 103.3 353 S:2.3+1 22. 6.7 KBS
LTX LR 08:16:58.16 103.8 61 S:3.6+1 22. 6.9 LTX
PMSA LR 08:17:43.15 105.5 164 PMSA
CBKS LR 08:18:08.74 106.3 51 S:3.9+1 21. 6.9 CBKS
KIV LR 08:18:52.92 107.9 315 KIV
OBN LR 08:19:18.85 108.8 327 S:4.0+1 21. 7.0 OBN
EYMN LR 08:20:04.33 110.3 40 S:1.8+1 20. 6.7 EYMN
HKT LR 08:20:10.62 110.5 60 HKT
MIAR LR 08:20:46.31 111.8 55 S:2.6+1 21. 6.8 MIAR
JFWS LR 08:21:07.41 112.5 45 S:3.1+1 22. 6.9 JFWS
OXF LR 08:22:22.72 115.2 54 S:1.2+1 21. 6.5 OXF
WVT LR 08:22:48.10 116.1 52 S:3.0+1 21. 6.9 WVT
PLAL LR 08:22:50.29 116.1 53 PLAL
PAYG LR 08:22:57.93 116.4 93 S:7.2+0 22. 6.2 PAYG
LRAL LR 08:23:27.81 117.5 55 S:1.7+1 21. 6.6 LRAL
EFI LR 08:23:36.38 117.9 159 EFI
KONO LR 08:23:55.55 118.5 340 S:3.9+1 21. 7.0 KONO
ACSO LR 08:23:58.58 118.5 46 S:2.4+1 21. 6.8 ACSO
MYNC LR 08:24:18.96 119.3 52 S:3.9+1 22. 7.0 MYNC
GOGA LR 08:24:46.91 120.2 54 S:2.8+1 21. 6.9 GOGA
BLA LR 08:25:21.49 121.4 49 S:3.2+1 22. 6.9 BLA
BINY LR 08:25:55.07 122.6 42 S:2.7+1 20. 6.9 BINY
NCB LR 08:26:04.03 122.9 39 S:2.6+1 19. 6.9 NCB
NHSC LR 08:26:04.66 123.0 53 S:2.9+1 22. 6.9 NHSC
DWPF LR 08:26:13.51 123.3 59 S:1.9+1 22. 6.7 DWPF
CBN LR 08:26:15.26 123.3 47 S:2.4+1 20. 6.8 CBN
HNH LR 08:26:42.45 124.3 39 HNH
HRV LR 08:27:12.98 125.4 40 HRV
WES LR 08:27:19.04 125.6 40 S:9.0+1 21. 7.4 WES
BRYW LR 08:27:21.88 125.7 40 BRYW
EMMW LR 08:27:49.25 126.6 35 EMMW
BBSR LR 08:31:53.49 135.2 47 BBSR
CPUP LR 08:32:52.11 137.3 138 CPUP
ESLA LR 08:33:53.81 139.5 332 S:9.2+1 19. 7.5 ESLA
RCBR LR 08:46:35.33 166.2 139 RCBR
Generated 2003 MAR 11 at 09:44 UTC
