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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 M
Local datetime 2013/03/17 02:39
Universal datetime 2013/03/16 16:39
Latitude -6.07 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 149.77 ° ± 5 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  471 283733
Lae  316 76255
Arawa  641 40266
Mt. Hagen  616 33623
Popondetta  342 28198
Madang  452 27419
Mendi  678 26252
Kimbe  71 18847
Goroka  486 18503
Wewak  735 18230
Kavieng  403 14490
Kundiawa  533 9383
Rabaul  334 8074
Lorengau  526 5806
Kerema  481 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 71.84 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 16:42:12.62 2.11 109.1 10.63 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:43:02.82 1.41 193.38 14.43 Automatic
IU GUMO P 16:44:16.17 3.65 346.11 20.26 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:44:14.52 -0.38 225.78 20.4 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:44:54.49 -1.22 72.92 24.28 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:45:47.42 0.58 115.41 29.97 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:47:44.22 0.46 346.58 43.97 Automatic
IU RAR P 16:48:40.42 -0.52 112.45 51.06 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:48:56.87 0.75 354.04 53.39 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:49:16.82 0.58 297.62 55.91 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:50:21.2 0.06 0.55 65.65 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:50:22.24 0.49 330.04 65.69 Automatic
II TLY P 16:50:48.37 0.28 331.57 69.86 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:51:16.45 -2.37 6.37 75.07 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:51:38.51 -2.08 353.42 78.91 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:51:45.4 -0.22 319.89 79.63 Automatic
II KURK P 16:52:01.2 -2.22 322.86 83.02 Automatic
II AAK P 16:52:05.17 -0.52 314.26 83.44 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:52:05.92 -1.82 180.01 83.86 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:52:08.2 -1.18 22.21 84.26 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:52:33.7 2.16 323.77 88.6 Automatic