6.3R in Papua New Guinea!

A very strong 6.3R earthquake was registered early this morning in New Britain Region PNG. It came an hour at least early on our expectations and the predicted location was PNG (8.3S,146.2E).

Magnitude

	Mw 6.3
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Date time	2017-03-05 22:47:56.2 UTC
Location	6.06 S ; 149.38 E
Depth	59 km
Distances	446 km NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / pop: 284,000 / local time: 08:47:56.2 2017-03-06 102 km SW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea / pop: 18,900 / local time: 08:47:56.2 2017-03-06 26 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea / pop: 1,100 / local time: 08:47:56.2 2017-03-06