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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/04/22 06:10
Universal datetime 2015/04/21 19:10
Latitude -6.15 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.70 ° ± 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  905 283733
Lae  855 76255
Honiara  684 56298
Arawa  96 40266
Mt. Hagen  1161 33623
Popondetta  769 28198
Madang  993 27419
Kimbe  509 18847
Goroka  1031 18503
Kavieng  585 14490
Kundiawa  1078 9383
Rabaul  356 8074
Gizo  320 6154
Lorengau  941 5806
Kerema  998 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.92
Azimuthal gap 62.56 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:11:46.52 1.72 122.64 6.15 Automatic
IU PMG P 19:12:16.12 3.85 245.99 8.15 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:14:02.42 1.86 209.69 16.17 Automatic
II KWAJ P 19:14:47.2 3.84 40.86 19.73 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:15:28.7 -1.39 233.19 24.09 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:15:41.22 -1.97 119.01 25.57 Automatic
II TAU P 19:17:24.87 -0.27 188.92 37.33 Automatic
IU NWAO P 19:18:20.2 -0.29 227.42 43.89 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:19:13.92 0.23 331.22 50.88 Automatic
II COCO P 19:20:04.67 1.82 259.45 57.35 Automatic
IU PET P 19:20:17.5 3.13 2.76 59.27 Automatic
IU ADK P 19:20:39.97 0.61 19.38 62.97 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:20:56.97 -0.77 357.82 65.8 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:21:05.97 -2.68 197.68 67.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:21:28.57 -1.07 347.88 70.86 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:21:35.79 -1.36 177.35 71.98 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:21:50.32 -2.05 4.53 74.68 Automatic
II PALK P 19:21:56.17 -0.3 279.24 75.03 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:22:20.7 -0.19 351.98 79.61 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:22:33.97 -2.03 21.16 82.52 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:22:36.7 -2.36 318.8 82.88 Automatic
II NIL P 19:22:55.72 -0.67 304.43 86.33 Automatic
II AAK P 19:22:57.87 -1.65 313.46 87.03 Automatic
II PFO P 19:23:24.37 -0.88 56.45 92.44 Automatic
IU ANMO P 19:24:05.17 2.86 55.53 100.76 Automatic