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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 M
Local datetime 2013/02/17 05:29
Universal datetime 2013/02/16 18:29
Latitude -11.05 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 164.53 ° ± 4 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  1907 283733
Nouméa  1257 93060
Suva  1691 77366
Honiara  532 56298
Nandi  1577 42284
Arawa  1121 40266
Port Vila  845 35901
Tarawa  1662 28802
Popondetta  1803 28198
Labasa  1712 24187
Kimbe  1697 18847
Kavieng  1781 14490
Luganville  571 13397
Rabaul  1561 8074
Gizo  905 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.01
Azimuthal gap 61.39 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:30:40.62 -0.66 289.28 4.79 Automatic
II MSVF P 18:32:56.87 -0.22 118.63 14.7 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:33:00.2 0.19 34.45 14.96 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:33:58.97 -0.28 240.57 19.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:35:37.77 -3.44 249.27 30.34 Automatic
II TAU P 18:36:25.52 3.07 202.08 35.2 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:37:34.92 -2.55 250.91 44.05 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:38:12.97 0.99 235.47 48.47 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:38:51.82 2.54 333.75 53.66 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:40:47.97 -0.48 294.43 71.2 Automatic
IU MA2 P 18:40:46.42 -1.88 352.7 71.49 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:41:24.100 -0.56 324.63 77.77 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:41:33.12 0.57 180.02 78.88 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:41:30.75 -1.66 0.73 79.13 Automatic
II TLY P 18:41:50.12 3.65 326.8 81.62 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:41:55.52 -2.1 18.39 83.84 Automatic
II PALK P 18:42:06.82 -0.56 278.35 85.38 Automatic
II PFO P 18:42:13.97 -1.38 54.94 87.16 Automatic
IU TUC P 18:42:35.32 -0.4 57.33 91.47 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:42:41.22 -1.18 317.19 93.02 Automatic
IU ANMO P 18:42:53.17 -1.04 55.42 95.51 Automatic
II KURK P 18:42:59.37 3.56 320.58 95.97 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:43:23.72 3.81 322.32 101.35 Automatic