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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/03/18 15:06
Universal datetime 2014/03/18 05:06
Latitude -5.37 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 153.16 ° ± 11 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  799 283733
Lae  699 76255
Honiara  874 56298
Arawa  283 40266
Mt. Hagen  992 33623
Popondetta  660 28198
Madang  818 27419
Kimbe  335 18847
Goroka  865 18503
Kavieng  404 14490
Kundiawa  911 9383
Rabaul  171 8074
Gizo  506 6154
Lorengau  750 5806
Kerema  857 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.86
Azimuthal gap 158.47 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 05:08:04.42 1.11 235.53 7.19 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:11:25.57 -1.18 229.79 23.37 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:15:08.42 1.1 332.19 49.47 Automatic
IU YSS P 05:15:35.90 1.47 351.14 53.14 Automatic
IU PET P 05:16:13.89 0.38 3.87 58.58 Automatic
IU CHTO P 05:16:15.32 -0.23 295.9 58.61 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:17:09.72 0.46 328.27 66.82 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:17:52.96 -0.02 5.13 74.03 Automatic
IU TIXI P 05:18:19.46 0.2 352.4 78.64 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:18:33.72 -0.7 319.05 81.28 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:18:38.62 -0.91 21.54 82.35 Automatic
II KURK P 05:18:50.17 -0.96 322.19 84.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:18:52.47 1.06 180.01 84.56 Automatic
II NIL P 05:18:51.77 -0.48 304.6 84.63 Automatic
II AAK P 05:18:55.82 0.07 313.64 85.38 Automatic
II BRVK P 05:19:16.52 -1.36 323.39 90.04 Automatic