Tsunami warning issued after quake off Indonesia

Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time

* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:11:24 UTC
* Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:11:24 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 4.920°S, 133.783°E
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Region NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances 105 km (65 miles) NNW of Dobo, Kepulauan Aru, Indonesia
310 km (190 miles) WSW of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia
900 km (560 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
2985 km (1850 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.7 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 2.6 km (1.6 miles)
Parameters NST=143, Nph=146, Dmin=279.4 km, Rmss=1.36 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010bubv
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]