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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/03/09 22:16
Universal datetime 2014/03/09 12:16
Latitude -5.63 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 147.61 ° ± 10 km
Depth 289 km (from location) ± 20 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  427 283733
Lae  140 76255
Mt. Hagen  377 33623
Popondetta  354 28198
Madang  207 27419
Mendi  443 26252
Kimbe  280 18847
Goroka  252 18503
Wewak  497 18230
Daru  618 15214
Kavieng  490 14490
Kundiawa  297 9383
Rabaul  526 8074
Lorengau  399 5806
Kerema  321 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.6
Azimuthal gap 157.36 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 12:19:49.77 -0.17 185.1 14.52 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:22:30.42 -0.45 237.45 31.16 Automatic
IU TATO P 12:23:43.32 0.47 321.41 39.77 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:24:07.97 -0.85 348.91 43.08 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:24:43.2 0.76 337.26 47.34 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:25:22.80 0.32 355.84 52.76 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:25:32.17 0.34 298.27 53.81 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:26:42.47 0.43 331.03 64.25 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:26:48.17 0.17 1.76 65.25 Automatic
II TLY P 12:27:09.47 0.81 332.43 68.46 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:27:11.90 -0.04 351.11 69.06 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:27:46.91 0.44 7.18 74.88 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:28:03.84 -0.39 320.38 77.91 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:28:04.11 -1.17 354.06 78.24 Automatic
II NIL P 12:28:17.27 -0.17 305.58 80.26 Automatic
II KURK P 12:28:22.27 -0.47 323.28 81.37 Automatic
II AAK P 12:28:24.52 0.34 314.64 81.6 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:28:38.82 0.97 180 84.3 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:28:38.92 -0.26 22.64 84.67 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:28:49.72 -1.08 324.04 86.97 Automatic