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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/02/15 22:56
Universal datetime 2015/02/15 12:56
Latitude -5.63 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.08 ° ± 5 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  603 283733
Lae  469 76255
Arawa  501 40266
Mt. Hagen  761 33623
Popondetta  467 28198
Madang  588 27419
Mendi  825 26252
Kimbe  104 18847
Goroka  633 18503
Kavieng  338 14490
Kundiawa  679 9383
Rabaul  197 8074
Gizo  692 6154
Lorengau  580 5806
Kerema  633 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.85
Azimuthal gap 63.02 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 12:58:04.27 2.7 225.59 5.42 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:01:29.62 -1.53 227.14 21.65 Automatic
II MSVF P 13:02:42.32 1.36 116.99 29 Automatic
II KAPI P 13:03:03.52 2.84 269.61 31.19 Automatic
IU MBWA P 13:03:24.77 -0.95 239.91 34.1 Automatic
II TAU P 13:03:53.2 0.17 184.53 37.43 Automatic
IU AFI P 13:03:56.52 1.58 105.57 37.48 Automatic
IU NWAO P 13:04:27.62 -1.4 224.69 41.66 Automatic
IU TATO P 13:04:32.57 1.13 318.03 42 Automatic
IU MAJO P 13:04:49.62 3.94 345.03 43.86 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:05:26.37 1.93 334.09 48.76 Automatic
IU CHTO P 13:06:28.9 2.24 296.83 56.87 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:07:20.12 -0.73 359.83 65.21 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:07:26.27 -0.07 329.3 65.96 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:07:48.70 -0.41 349.48 69.64 Automatic
II TLY P 13:07:53.47 1.11 330.94 70.1 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:08:41.42 -0.39 353.02 78.63 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:08:48.62 -2.18 319.53 80.13 Automatic
II NIL P 13:09:04.52 -2.37 304.95 83.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:09:05.32 -2.05 21.97 83.36 Automatic
II KURK P 13:09:05.77 -2.52 322.58 83.46 Automatic
II AAK P 13:09:10.37 -1.32 313.99 84.07 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:09:11.32 -1.42 180.01 84.3 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:09:32.92 -2.74 323.6 89.01 Automatic
II PFO P 13:10:05.77 1.07 56.66 95.16 Automatic