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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/21 02:42
Universal datetime 2015/03/20 15:42
Latitude -4.69 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 154.75 ° ± 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  988 283733
Lae  889 76255
Honiara  778 56298
Arawa  193 40266
Mt. Hagen  1175 33623
Popondetta  849 28198
Madang  997 27419
Kimbe  520 18847
Goroka  1050 18503
Kavieng  496 14490
Kundiawa  1096 9383
Rabaul  295 8074
Gizo  442 6154
Lorengau  881 5806
Kerema  1050 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.39
Azimuthal gap 44.4 °
Number of stations used 41
Number of phases used 41

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 15:44:33.42 -0.67 132.98 7.01 Automatic
IU PMG P 15:45:03.17 3.17 237.53 8.89 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:46:56.47 1.8 207.52 17.48 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:47:33.22 1.76 331.89 20.74 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:48:14.62 -1.01 230.73 25.03 Automatic
II MSVF P 15:48:26.57 -0.45 121.66 26.27 Automatic
IU AFI P 15:49:36.77 -1.08 107.95 34.24 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:49:42.72 -0.73 267.95 34.88 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:50:05.87 -1.79 240.94 37.75 Automatic
II TAU P 15:50:14.62 -0.36 188.7 38.79 Automatic
IU TATO P 15:50:58.67 1.33 314.16 43.86 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:50:56.47 -1.39 340.78 44.04 Automatic
IU NWAO P 15:51:04.32 -1.87 226.36 44.93 Automatic
II ERM P 15:51:31.72 3.72 348.38 47.88 Automatic
IU XMAS P 15:51:33.2 0.12 83.04 48.23 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:51:42.22 0.35 330.58 49.62 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:52:04.70 0.01 349.73 52.72 Automatic
IU POHA P 15:52:20.92 0.55 61.7 54.63 Automatic
IU PET P 15:52:41.45 0.1 2.77 57.8 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:52:56.74 -0.04 294.99 59.75 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:53:25.17 -0.72 357.76 64.34 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:53:44.67 0.39 327.4 67.08 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:53:58.45 -0.14 347.74 69.44 Automatic
II TLY P 15:54:09.67 0.4 329.33 71.1 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:54:20.87 -0.58 4.54 73.21 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:54:26.32 2.91 177.38 73.44 Automatic
II PALK P 15:54:32.42 -0.68 278.85 74.85 Automatic
II KDAK P 15:54:34.52 0.27 25.99 75.33 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:54:48.87 -1.14 351.92 78.17 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:55:04.82 -1.56 21.22 81.13 Automatic
II DGAR P 15:55:10.62 -0.94 263.17 81.78 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:55:09.74 -0.8 318.66 81.81 Automatic
II NIL P 15:55:29.22 -0.97 304.34 85.55 Automatic
II AAK P 15:55:32.7 -0.38 313.39 86.06 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:55:51.47 -1.59 323.26 90.43 Automatic
II PFO P 15:55:59.32 0.36 56.4 91.59 Automatic
IU TUC P 15:56:22.2 1.56 57.96 96.27 Automatic
II UOSS P 15:56:33.82 -2.23 294.54 99.72 Automatic
IU ANMO P 15:56:39.37 2.81 55.31 99.88 Automatic
IU RSSD P 15:56:42.37 -0.04 45.9 101.3 Automatic
II FFC P 15:56:42.72 -0.45 35 101.47 Automatic