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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/02/18 15:43
Universal datetime 2015/02/18 04:43
Latitude -8.75 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 159.34 ° ± 3 km
Depth 133 km (from location) ± 5 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1337 283733
Lae  1380 76255
Honiara  101 56298
Arawa  501 40266
Port Vila  1390 35901
Popondetta  1220 28198
Madang  1547 27419
Kimbe  1076 18847
Goroka  1568 18503
Kavieng  1165 14490
Luganville  1134 13397
Rabaul  941 8074
Gizo  285 6154
Lorengau  1529 5806
Kerema  1490 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.27
Azimuthal gap 39.58 °
Number of stations used 38
Number of phases used 38

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 04:44:01.74 -1.99 138.76 0.91 Automatic
IU PMG P 04:46:31.67 3.25 265.95 12.04 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:47:32.2 2.23 226.72 16.98 Automatic
II KWAJ P 04:47:57.22 1.59 25.36 19.39 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:48:06.47 0.24 118.21 20.29 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:49:06.7 -0.85 242.43 26.6 Automatic
IU AFI P 04:49:25.32 -1.07 103 28.76 Automatic
IU KNTN P 04:49:31.84 -0.1 80 29.39 Automatic
II TAU P 04:50:26.67 0.94 195.13 35.74 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:50:57.72 -0.8 272.75 39.46 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:51:02.22 -1.33 247.41 40.09 Automatic
IU RAR P 04:51:12.92 -0.33 112.31 41.27 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:51:47.87 -0.63 231.82 45.71 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:52:14.92 -0.98 337.59 49.46 Automatic
IU TATO P 04:52:21.92 1.32 313.42 49.96 Automatic
IU POHA P 04:52:43.22 1.18 56.88 52.79 Automatic
IU INCN P 04:53:00.67 0.41 328.61 55.44 Automatic
IU YSS P 04:53:15.55 0.21 346.67 57.64 Automatic
IU PET P 04:53:43.50 -0.15 359.53 61.78 Automatic
IU ADK P 04:53:59.57 0.74 16.2 64.04 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:54:10.17 -0.52 295.35 65.6 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:54:27.42 -0.84 355.35 68.67 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:54:33.79 1.16 178.33 69.2 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:54:55.67 0.64 326.29 72.98 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:55:02.65 -0.37 346.06 74.43 Automatic
II TLY P 04:55:17.77 -0.03 328.28 76.94 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:55:40.22 -1.37 180.02 81.18 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:55:48.42 -0.95 350.73 82.88 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:55:51.2 -0.91 19.91 83.34 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:56:14.7 -0.93 318.06 87.88 Automatic
II PFO P 04:56:26.37 0.65 55.95 90.07 Automatic
II KURK P 04:56:28.42 -0.96 321.32 90.97 Automatic
II NIL P 04:56:29.27 -3.59 303.82 91.6 Automatic
IU SLBS P 04:56:45.72 0.83 66.65 94.16 Automatic
IU TUC P 04:56:47.62 1.1 57.98 94.56 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:56:53.57 -0.79 322.79 96.42 Automatic
IU ANMO P 04:57:05.27 1.41 55.73 98.43 Automatic
IU RSSD P 04:57:15.67 1.58 46.55 100.83 Automatic