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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2013/10/23 07:15
Universal datetime 2013/10/22 21:15
Latitude -6.39 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.89 ° ± 4 km
Depth 84 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  914 283733
Lae  874 76255
Honiara  652 56298
Arawa  77 40266
Mt. Hagen  1182 33623
Popondetta  778 28198
Madang  1016 27419
Kimbe  533 18847
Goroka  1052 18503
Kavieng  617 14490
Kundiawa  1099 9383
Rabaul  388 8074
Gizo  287 6154
Lorengau  972 5806
Kerema  1014 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.02
Azimuthal gap 55.72 °
Number of stations used 35
Number of phases used 35

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:17:18.29 -2.1 121.67 5.87 Automatic
IU PMG P 21:17:53.32 0.69 247.97 8.23 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:19:37.47 1.33 210.63 16.06 Automatic
IU TARA P 21:20:17.42 -0.18 67.34 19.6 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:21:04.17 0.49 233.84 24.1 Automatic
IU FUNA P 21:21:07.2 1.99 96.6 24.2 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:21:13.52 -1.26 118.74 25.3 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:22:41.32 0.72 270.38 34.98 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:22:57.82 -0.3 242.97 37.07 Automatic
IU MIDW P 21:23:53.24 1.28 36.39 43.74 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:23:53.87 0.13 227.71 43.87 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:24:06.87 0 341.2 45.69 Automatic
IU KIP P 21:25:13.2 2.42 57.56 53.91 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:25:12.70 -0.05 349.85 54.42 Automatic
IU POHA P 21:25:21.47 0.42 60.6 55.33 Automatic
IU PET P 21:25:49.21 0.58 2.63 59.5 Automatic
IU ADK P 21:26:14.2 0.55 19.23 63.13 Automatic
IU MA2 P 21:26:31.92 -0.35 357.72 66.04 Automatic
IU CASY P 21:26:39.72 -0.84 197.76 67.19 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:26:49.2 0 327.72 68.59 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:27:03.80 -0.34 347.81 71.13 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:27:09.24 0.68 177.39 71.73 Automatic
II TLY P 21:27:13.52 -0.11 329.56 72.63 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:27:26.1 -0.41 4.45 74.9 Automatic
II KDAK P 21:27:37.62 -0.09 25.76 76.81 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:27:55.41 1.07 351.93 79.87 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:28:07.92 -1.5 21.1 82.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:28:11.59 -1.01 318.78 83.18 Automatic
IU QSPA P 21:28:14.22 -0.36 180.01 83.54 Automatic
II KURK P 21:28:26.77 -1.81 321.95 86.37 Automatic
II NIL P 21:28:30.17 -0.18 304.41 86.62 Automatic
II AAK P 21:28:33.32 -0.16 313.44 87.32 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:28:52.27 -2.28 323.23 91.88 Automatic
II PFO P 21:28:57.97 0.35 56.44 92.42 Automatic
IU RSSD P 21:29:42.67 0.63 46.16 102.39 Automatic