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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2014/04/17 06:00
Universal datetime 2014/04/16 20:00
Latitude -6.55 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.89 ° ± 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  908 283733
Lae  874 76255
Honiara  643 56298
Arawa  83 40266
Mt. Hagen  1183 33623
Popondetta  773 28198
Madang  1019 27419
Kimbe  537 18847
Goroka  1053 18503
Kavieng  630 14490
Kundiawa  1100 9383
Rabaul  399 8074
Gizo  275 6154
Lorengau  981 5806
Kerema  1011 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.17
Azimuthal gap 68.89 °
Number of stations used 29
Number of phases used 29

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 20:01:35.14 4.55 120.34 5.78 Automatic
IU PMG P 20:02:03.62 0.19 249.02 8.17 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:03:46.62 -1.63 210.92 15.92 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:05:16.37 -3.17 234.13 24 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:05:28.42 -2.38 118.45 25.22 Automatic
IU AFI P 20:06:42.52 -2.84 105.34 33.58 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:06:59.52 1.92 270.6 34.99 Automatic
II TAU P 20:07:14.12 1.2 189.23 36.97 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:07:17.87 3.31 243.16 37 Automatic
IU MAJO P 20:08:28.67 3.33 341.25 45.84 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:09:07.57 -0.21 331.22 51.31 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:09:35.75 4.32 349.86 54.58 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:10:16.47 0.24 295.9 60.67 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:10:54.22 3.09 357.72 66.2 Automatic
IU CASY P 20:10:59.57 2.11 197.78 67.04 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:11:07.27 -0.49 327.75 68.72 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:11:22.30 -0.73 347.82 71.28 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:11:43.81 -1.55 4.45 75.06 Automatic
II PALK P 20:11:49.22 0.49 279.32 75.28 Automatic
II KDAK P 20:11:55.77 -0.81 25.74 76.95 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:12:14.1 0.69 351.93 80.03 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:12:25.97 -2.39 21.1 82.82 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:12:29.62 -1.8 318.8 83.3 Automatic
II KURK P 20:12:45.82 -1.63 321.96 86.5 Automatic
II NIL P 20:12:47.37 -1.68 304.42 86.71 Automatic
II AAK P 20:12:51.32 -0.97 313.44 87.44 Automatic
II BRVK P 20:13:10.52 -2.94 323.22 92.01 Automatic
II PFO P 20:13:15.87 -0.46 56.45 92.5 Automatic
II UOSS P 20:13:52.72 0.25 294.23 100.61 Automatic