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RE: Papua New Guinea Quake

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 11:15:22 (UTC) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in the Papua New Guinea region, 70 km (45 miles) WSW of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 58.2 km.

Location 6.383°S, 154.935°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 16:00:06 (UTC) on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, near the north coast of New Guinea region, 185 km North of Madang, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 35 km.

Location 3.576°S, 145.865°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 10:04:36 (UTC) on Thursday, October 23, 2008, in the Admiralty Islands region, 190 km WSW of Lorengau, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 10 km.

Location 2.611°S, 145.640°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 06:54:06 (UTC) on Saturday, August 30, 2008, in the eastern New Guinea region, 70 km NNE of Lae, New Guinea, at a depth of 56 km.

Location 6.194°S, 147.256°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 03:12:30 (UTC) on Monday, January 07, 2008, near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia, 10 km NNW of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia, at a depth of 35 km.

Location 0.817°S, 134.049°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 18:55:01 (UTC) on Tuesday, January 01, 2008, in the Eastern New Guinea region, 85 km North from Lae, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 47.9 km.

Location 5.972°S, 146.863°E

Blobrana · L

Indonesia's eastern province of Papua has been hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The tremor, at a depth of 37 km (23 miles), had its epicentre 182 km (113 miles) west of Jayapura and hit at 4.11 PM local time (7.11 AM GMT) USGS said.
Indonesia sits across the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world's most seismically active areas.
There were no immediate reports of damage.

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Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 07:11:11 (UTC) on Saturday, December 22, 2007, near the North coast of Papua, Indonesia, 180 km West of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia, at a depth of 36.6 km.

Location 2.418°S, 139.061°E

Blobrana · L

A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 08:48:31 (UTC) on Thursday, November 22, 2007, in the East New Guinea region, 101 km North from Lae, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 77.5 km.

Location 5.843°S, 147.022°E