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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2013/09/24 03:28
Universal datetime 2013/09/23 17:28
Latitude -4.77 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.51 ° ± 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  870 283733
Lae  754 76255
Honiara  879 56298
Arawa  279 40266
Mt. Hagen  1037 33623
Popondetta  731 28198
Madang  858 27419
Kimbe  383 18847
Goroka  912 18503
Kavieng  385 14490
Kundiawa  958 9383
Rabaul  164 8074
Gizo  521 6154
Lorengau  755 5806
Kerema  918 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.75
Azimuthal gap 51.45 °
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 PMG P 17:30:00.22 4.36 233.29 7.82 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:29:59.7 1.94 126.53 7.91 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:31:58.7 0.57 204.12 16.87 Automatic
IU TARA P 17:32:39.74 1.02 72.95 20.34 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:33:15.32 -1.7 229.22 24.03 Automatic
IU FUNA P 17:33:34.12 0.56 99.75 25.78 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:34:43.27 0.01 268.11 33.63 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:35:07.27 -1.43 240.34 36.63 Automatic
II TAU P 17:35:23.22 -0.2 187.28 38.54 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:38:00.57 0.78 295.45 58.66 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:38:51.59 0.56 327.97 66.49 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:39:08.100 0.95 348.31 69.26 Automatic
II TLY P 17:39:18.22 1.8 329.82 70.54 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:39:34.76 1.63 5.01 73.4 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:39:31.59 -2.28 177.11 73.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:40:17.77 0.68 318.91 81.06 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:40:17.52 -2.25 21.5 81.66 Automatic
II KURK P 17:40:32.32 -1.35 322.09 84.25 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:40:35.2 -3.27 180.01 85.16 Automatic
II AAK P 17:40:38.47 -0.34 313.56 85.22 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:40:58.42 -2.05 323.36 89.76 Automatic