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Type Event
Magnitude 6.5 M
Local datetime 2013/02/09 03:59
Universal datetime 2013/02/08 17:59
Latitude -6.21 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.65 ° ± 3 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  897 283733
Lae  849 76255
Honiara  685 56298
Arawa  101 40266
Mt. Hagen  1156 33623
Popondetta  761 28198
Madang  988 27419
Kimbe  504 18847
Goroka  1025 18503
Kavieng  585 14490
Kundiawa  1073 9383
Rabaul  356 8074
Gizo  319 6154
Lorengau  940 5806
Kerema  992 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.91
Azimuthal gap 58.1 °
Number of stations used 40
Number of phases used 40

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:01:18.67 2.08 121.91 6.16 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:03:34.67 3.45 209.65 16.09 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:04:16.39 0.7 68.06 19.75 Automatic
II KWAJ P 18:04:18.47 2.76 40.85 19.81 Automatic
IU GUMO P 18:04:42.77 3.23 333.91 22.06 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:05:01.22 0.8 233.24 24.01 Automatic
IU FUNA P 18:05:04.59 -0.3 96.94 24.45 Automatic
II MSVF P 18:05:12.62 -2.36 118.85 25.59 Automatic
IU DAV P 18:06:13.99 2.74 294.15 31.9 Automatic
IU KNTN P 18:06:30.14 2.87 85.67 33.7 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:06:37.12 0.74 270.16 34.75 Automatic
II TAU P 18:06:56.82 0.59 188.88 37.26 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:07:51.7 -0.28 227.44 43.81 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:08:05.72 2.62 341.39 45.45 Automatic
IU RAR P 18:08:10.82 -2.78 113.47 46.54 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:09:10.77 1.17 350.02 54.21 Automatic
IU POHA P 18:09:20.7 -0.27 60.8 55.45 Automatic
IU PET P 18:09:47.29 1.26 2.8 59.33 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:09:54.77 0.14 295.82 60.31 Automatic
IU ADK P 18:10:11.42 -0.1 19.4 63.05 Automatic
IU MA2 P 18:10:28.22 -1.57 357.85 65.86 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:10:38.12 -1.73 197.67 67.28 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:10:45.70 -0.36 327.78 68.32 Automatic
II TLY P 18:11:10.17 -0.69 329.62 72.37 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:11:22.70 -1.71 4.54 74.75 Automatic
II PALK P 18:11:27.67 -0.25 279.27 74.99 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:11:35.72 -0.62 25.85 76.76 Automatic
IU TIXI P 18:11:49.86 -2.36 351.99 79.67 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:12:05.32 -2.74 21.17 82.6 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:12:08.17 -2 318.82 82.89 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:12:12.67 -1.84 180.01 83.72 Automatic
II KURK P 18:12:23.77 -2.53 321.98 86.09 Automatic
II AAK P 18:12:29.57 -1.64 313.47 87.04 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:12:49.52 -2.91 323.25 91.6 Automatic
II PFO P 18:12:56.27 -0.99 56.46 92.52 Automatic
IU TUC P 18:13:22.57 4.07 58.12 97.17 Automatic
IU SLBS P 18:13:21.42 1.55 66.84 97.43 Automatic
IU ANMO P 18:13:34.77 0.45 55.54 100.83 Automatic
IU RSSD P 18:13:40.2 -1.44 46.12 102.44 Automatic
II FFC P 18:13:43.22 0.23 35.18 102.78 Automatic