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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/31 00:52
Universal datetime 2015/03/30 14:52
Latitude -5.39 ° ± 12 km
Longitude 153.28 ° ± 17 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  809 283733
Lae  712 76255
Honiara  861 56298
Arawa  269 40266
Mt. Hagen  1006 33623
Popondetta  670 28198
Madang  831 27419
Kimbe  348 18847
Goroka  878 18503
Kavieng  414 14490
Kundiawa  925 9383
Rabaul  182 8074
Gizo  494 6154
Lorengau  763 5806
Kerema  870 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.02
Azimuthal gap 208.48 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 14:57:17.17 0.61 229.99 23.45 Automatic
IU MBWA P 14:59:09.12 -0.44 240.95 36.13 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:00:56.67 -0.19 332.1 49.54 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:02:04.67 -0.69 295.87 58.73 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:02:45.22 -0.65 358.6 65 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:02:58.77 0.02 328.22 66.9 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:03:18.77 2.12 348.46 69.83 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:03:42.7 0.07 5.08 74.04 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:04:07.62 -0.81 352.37 78.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:04:26.7 2.16 319.02 81.38 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:04:28.12 -0.24 21.51 82.32 Automatic
II NIL P 15:04:40.92 -0.88 304.58 84.74 Automatic
II AAK P 15:04:45.67 0.43 313.63 85.48 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:05:05.77 -1.5 323.38 90.13 Automatic