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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/31 22:18
Universal datetime 2015/03/31 12:18
Latitude -4.82 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 152.44 ° ± 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  774 283733
Lae  640 76255
Honiara  974 56298
Arawa  380 40266
Mt. Hagen  919 33623
Popondetta  637 28198
Madang  739 27419
Kimbe  267 18847
Goroka  794 18503
Kavieng  306 14490
Kundiawa  840 9383
Rabaul  75 8074
Gizo  607 6154
Lorengau  651 5806
Kerema  807 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.78
Azimuthal gap 69.9 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 12:22:14.97 3.02 200.98 16.41 Automatic
IU GUMO P 12:22:57.47 4.58 337.88 19.88 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:25:18.57 -2.28 239.76 35.68 Automatic
IU AFI P 12:25:29.82 2.52 106.99 36.4 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:26:25.12 1.17 343.31 43.45 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:27:06.7 0.93 332.59 48.64 Automatic
IU XMAS P 12:27:22.77 1.36 83.35 50.54 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:28:13.19 -0.28 295.85 57.72 Automatic
IU PET P 12:28:13.5 -1.1 4.4 58.08 Automatic
IU ADK P 12:28:44.2 -0.73 20.93 62.49 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:28:55.47 -1.72 359.06 64.41 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:29:10.37 2.41 328.47 65.97 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:29:29.17 1.86 348.8 69.1 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:29:53.97 -0.2 176.89 73.42 Automatic
II KDAK P 12:30:10.12 -1.55 26.68 76.48 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:30:20.2 0.17 352.6 77.99 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:30:32.82 -1 319.14 80.4 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:30:39.57 -2.8 21.72 82.1 Automatic
II NIL P 12:30:50.17 -1.63 304.66 83.73 Automatic
II AAK P 12:30:55.47 0.1 313.72 84.48 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:30:56.57 -1.74 180.01 85.11 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:31:16.12 -1.83 323.46 89.16 Automatic
II PFO P 12:31:38.62 -0.41 56.54 93.58 Automatic
IU TUC P 12:32:01.22 0.82 58.01 98.29 Automatic
II FFC P 12:32:19.82 -0.57 34.8 102.89 Automatic
IU RSSD P 12:32:19.92 -1.12 45.76 103.05 Automatic