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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/02/22 05:42
Universal datetime 2015/02/21 19:42
Latitude -4.67 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 147.21 ° ± 6 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  530 283733
Lae  229 76255
Mt. Hagen  357 33623
Popondetta  467 28198
Madang  170 27419
Mendi  428 26252
Kimbe  339 18847
Goroka  256 18503
Wewak  416 18230
Daru  659 15214
Kavieng  462 14490
Kundiawa  291 9383
Rabaul  549 8074
Lorengau  292 5806
Kerema  391 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.99
Azimuthal gap 79.55 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:43:21.92 7.16 180.65 4.73 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:45:40.47 -0.08 183.39 15.44 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:46:28.37 -4.63 218.27 19.74 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:48:38.72 0.84 115.91 32.87 Automatic
IU TATO P 19:49:31.2 3.58 321.09 38.77 Automatic
IU KNTN P 19:49:46.64 -0.77 88.86 41.02 Automatic
IU AFI P 19:49:48.22 -2.58 105.77 41.44 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:49:57.37 3.47 349.18 42.07 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:50:32.57 4.53 337.29 46.3 Automatic
IU YSS P 19:51:14.5 4.31 356.13 51.78 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:51:20.22 -0.42 297.82 53.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:52:31.77 0.69 331.01 63.22 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:52:39.12 1.32 2 64.31 Automatic
II TLY P 19:52:58.77 0.34 332.43 67.43 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:53:01.100 0.03 351.24 68.05 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:53:53.34 -2.48 320.35 76.92 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:53:54.92 -1.99 354.16 77.25 Automatic
II KURK P 19:54:11.97 -2.84 323.28 80.37 Automatic
II AAK P 19:54:14.7 -2.48 314.61 80.64 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:54:31.7 -2.13 22.75 83.94 Automatic
II BRVK P 19:54:39.62 -4.15 324.06 85.97 Automatic
II PFO P 19:55:37.97 -1.69 56.68 97.85 Automatic