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Major mag. 7.3 earthquake - 131km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 7 July 2013

Major mag. 7.2 earthquake - 110km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 7 July 2013

Major mag. 7.2 earthquake - 110km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, 7 July 2013
Date & time: Sun, 7 Jul 18:35:30 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Monday, July 08, 2013 04:35:30
Magnitude: 7.2
Depth: 378.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.9386°S / 153.8823°E [Map]
Nearest volcano: Ambitle (51 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sun, 7 Jul
Sun, 7 Jul 18:35 UTCM 7.3 / 378 kmNew Ireland Region, P.N.G.[Map]GFZ
Sun, 7 Jul 18:35 UTCM 7.3 / 388 km NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.[Map]EMSC
Sun, 7 Jul 18:35 UTCM 7.1 / 365 kmNew Ireland Region, PNG[Map]GeoAu

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 31 Jul
Wed, 31 Jul 12:13 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info] (48 km)New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
[Map]		GFZ
Mon, 2 Sep
Mon, 2 Sep 09:02 UTCM 5.0 / 145.7 km - [info] (43 km)42km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
Mon, 2 Sep 21:00 UTCM 5.0 / 50.7 km - [info] (99 km)NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
[Map]		USGS
Wed, 18 Sep
Wed, 18 Sep 04:36 UTCM 4.5 / 327.8 km - [info] (41 km)New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
Wed, 25 Sep
Wed, 25 Sep 22:19 UTCM 4.8 / 9.8 km - [info] (73 km)47km WNW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
Mon, 11 Nov
Mon, 11 Nov 19:22 UTCM 5.1 / 103.1 km - [info] (32 km)55km ENE of Taron, Papua New Guinea
[Map]		USGS
new delhi preet vihar / MMI II (Very weak shaking): I was sleeping when i heard the windows rumbling and felt the bed vibrating
Ghaziabad (Delhi NCR) / MMI IV (Light shaking): Felt around 1:46am(Nov 12, 2013) like a jackhammer vibration and i jumped out of bed thought it would be for longer duration but it was just for 2-3secs and gone.
new Delhi, munirka / MMI VIII (Severe shaking): I was awaken, still feeling the aftershocks, fertility the first shock at 1.48 ist,
delhi (8923.1 km NW from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking)

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