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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/08 08:18
Universal datetime 2015/03/07 22:18
Latitude -6.45 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.61 ° ± 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  590 283733
Lae  512 76255
Arawa  438 40266
Mt. Hagen  821 33623
Popondetta  451 28198
Madang  659 27419
Mendi  882 26252
Kimbe  191 18847
Goroka  690 18503
Kavieng  437 14490
Kundiawa  737 9383
Rabaul  256 8074
Gizo  605 6154
Lorengau  686 5806
Kerema  658 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.41
Azimuthal gap 60.67 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:20:20.62 3.63 235.91 5.3 Automatic
IU HNR P 22:21:06.99 2.18 110.42 8.78 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:22:25.17 1.77 200.36 14.59 Automatic
IU GUMO P 22:23:43.17 1.5 341.55 21.13 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:23:45.62 -0.84 229.53 21.5 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:24:50.67 0.29 116.01 28.16 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:25:22.82 0.58 270.9 31.73 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:25:42.32 -0.82 241.3 34.16 Automatic
II TAU P 22:26:02.7 -1.11 185.27 36.65 Automatic
IU AFI P 22:26:04.2 -1.67 104.64 36.75 Automatic
IU NWAO P 22:26:42.42 -1.85 225.71 41.45 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:27:50.27 1.53 333.94 49.73 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:28:49.7 0.39 297.09 57.71 Automatic
IU ADK P 22:29:33.22 1.07 21.1 64.32 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:29:42.77 -0.28 359.53 66.03 Automatic
IU CASY P 22:29:43.27 -1.53 196.8 66.16 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:29:50.42 0.96 329.23 66.94 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:30:11.30 -0.23 349.29 70.55 Automatic
II TLY P 22:30:16.67 1.49 330.87 71.07 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:30:19.14 -1 176.68 71.83 Automatic
II PALK P 22:30:22.47 -0.27 279.82 72.05 Automatic
II KDAK P 22:30:57.12 -0.12 26.76 78.31 Automatic
II DGAR P 22:31:00.92 1.01 263.72 78.47 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:31:02.22 -1.27 352.88 79.51 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:31:12.19 -0.66 319.5 81.1 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:31:24.97 -2.15 21.82 83.93 Automatic
II NIL P 22:31:27.7 -1.32 304.94 83.98 Automatic
II AAK P 22:31:32.97 -0.39 313.96 85.02 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:31:54.97 -2.11 323.55 89.99 Automatic
II PFO P 22:32:21.22 -0.38 56.69 95.17 Automatic
II UOSS P 22:32:30.72 -2.07 294.4 97.6 Automatic
IU TUC P 22:32:44.32 1.65 58.24 99.86 Automatic
IU ANMO P 22:33:00.2 1.86 55.55 103.46 Automatic
IU RSSD P 22:33:04.22 0.17 45.99 104.78 Automatic