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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 M
Local datetime 2013/05/18 07:23
Universal datetime 2013/05/17 21:23
Latitude -6.09 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 149.90 ° ± 13 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  478 283733
Lae  330 76255
Arawa  627 40266
Mt. Hagen  630 33623
Popondetta  348 28198
Madang  466 27419
Mendi  692 26252
Kimbe  65 18847
Goroka  500 18503
Wewak  749 18230
Kavieng  401 14490
Kundiawa  547 9383
Rabaul  325 8074
Lorengau  535 5806
Kerema  493 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.52
Azimuthal gap 173.68 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:24:30.42 0.95 219.14 4.28 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:26:49.37 1.54 193.85 14.44 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:28:01.42 -0.57 226.03 20.48 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:29:57.12 -1.24 239.74 32.86 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:31:31.27 0.91 346.45 44.02 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:35:05.45 0.38 6.32 75.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:35:34.64 2.63 319.86 79.72 Automatic
II NIL P 21:35:44.57 -2.13 305.21 82.38 Automatic
II KURK P 21:35:48.27 -1.66 322.84 83.11 Automatic
II AAK P 21:35:53.57 1.12 314.24 83.54 Automatic
IU QSPA P 21:35:51.97 -1.92 180.01 83.84 Automatic