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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2014/08/21 12:11
Universal datetime 2014/08/21 02:11
Latitude -5.34 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 150.38 ° ± 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  576 283733
Lae  406 76255
Arawa  583 40266
Mt. Hagen  685 33623
Popondetta  446 28198
Madang  510 27419
Mendi  751 26252
Kimbe  35 18847
Goroka  559 18503
Wewak  774 18230
Kavieng  309 14490
Kundiawa  605 9383
Rabaul  233 8074
Lorengau  503 5806
Kerema  578 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.49
Azimuthal gap 63.06 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 02:16:20.17 -0.2 225.46 21.35 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:16:44.24 0.7 74.05 23.49 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:17:38.72 -1.43 116.95 29.75 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:18:12.97 -1.33 239.09 33.65 Automatic
II TAU P 02:18:47.62 0.24 183.67 37.66 Automatic
IU KNTN P 02:18:49.64 -1.39 87.65 37.89 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:18:53.42 -0.37 105.75 38.22 Automatic
IU TATO P 02:19:19.57 1.14 318.46 41.33 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:19:32.7 -2.5 345.73 43.41 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:20:13.47 0.81 334.61 48.2 Automatic
IU XMAS P 02:20:52.54 4.4 83.31 52.63 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:20:46.30 -0.3 353.47 52.74 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:21:13.97 0.93 296.93 56.12 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:22:10.37 -1.16 0.22 64.92 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:22:15.87 0.88 329.57 65.36 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:22:26.2 1.04 196.28 66.87 Automatic
II TLY P 02:22:42.17 0.9 331.18 69.51 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:23:29.47 -1.09 27.23 77.88 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:23:39.32 -0.39 319.66 79.46 Automatic
II NIL P 02:23:56.77 1.15 305.04 82.34 Automatic
II KURK P 02:23:56.52 -0.95 322.69 82.81 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:23:57.7 -2.84 22.12 83.35 Automatic
II AAK P 02:24:02.32 1.67 314.09 83.37 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:24:05.57 -1.14 180.01 84.59 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:24:24.72 -0.45 323.68 88.37 Automatic
II PFO P 02:25:00.87 1.69 56.67 95.58 Automatic