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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/04/26 03:09
Universal datetime 2015/04/25 17:09
Latitude -3.91 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 143.14 ° ± 5 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  760 283733
Jayapura  311 134895
Lae  528 76255
Mt. Hagen  247 33623
Popondetta  780 28198
Madang  327 27419
Mendi  253 26252
Kimbe  798 18847
Goroka  346 18503
Wewak  68 18230
Daru  575 15214
Vanimo  245 11204
Kundiawa  309 9383
Lorengau  505 5806
Kerema  535 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.46
Azimuthal gap 85.72 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:10:50.72 1.85 144.21 6.79 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:13:01.77 2.31 169.63 16.46 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:13:13.24 -1.44 109.18 17.58 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:13:19.32 -1.61 207.41 18.17 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:15:04.82 -0.35 230.84 28.54 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:16:23.82 -1.22 216.76 37.78 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:16:49.22 0.59 353.92 40.72 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:17:19.32 2.64 341.1 44.15 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:17:57.92 1.11 299.15 49.08 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:18:10.35 1.59 359.66 50.87 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:19:20.87 1.4 333.04 60.64 Automatic
II PALK P 17:19:39.52 0.36 280.16 63.3 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:19:40.62 0.48 4.3 63.77 Automatic
II TLY P 17:19:49.27 1.17 334.19 64.92 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:19:59.67 0.14 353.18 66.75 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:20:42.87 -0.58 321.36 73.76 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:20:41.82 -1.12 8.86 73.8 Automatic
II NIL P 17:20:54.27 -0.62 306.22 75.64 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:20:54.2 -2.35 355.41 76.12 Automatic
II AAK P 17:21:03.32 -0.3 315.37 77.23 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:21:33.27 -1.19 324.64 82.98 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:21:40.77 -2.87 23.45 84.83 Automatic