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Type Event
Magnitude 6.6 Mwp
Local datetime 2015/05/01 18:06
Universal datetime 2015/05/01 08:06
Latitude -5.16 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 151.63 ° ± 3 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  683 283733
Lae  542 76255
Arawa  452 40266
Mt. Hagen  825 33623
Popondetta  546 28198
Madang  648 27419
Mendi  891 26252
Kimbe  170 18847
Goroka  699 18503
Kavieng  299 14490
Kundiawa  745 9383
Rabaul  120 8074
Gizo  661 6154
Lorengau  594 5806
Kerema  710 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.77
Azimuthal gap 58.56 °
Number of stations used 49
Number of phases used 49

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 08:07:35.27 3.7 225.98 6.14 Automatic
IU HNR P 08:08:15.29 0.24 117.88 9.29 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:09:43.2 0.13 198.82 15.82 Automatic
IU GUMO P 08:10:35.87 4.05 340.38 19.91 Automatic
II KWAJ P 08:10:47.52 1.23 48.85 21.19 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:10:58.47 -0.51 227.16 22.37 Automatic
II MSVF P 08:11:58.97 0.27 118.15 28.73 Automatic
II KAPI P 08:12:27.67 1.97 268.81 31.75 Automatic
IU MBWA P 08:12:50.97 -1.01 239.67 34.81 Automatic
IU KNTN P 08:13:06.17 -1.88 87.71 36.64 Automatic
IU AFI P 08:13:12.37 0.65 106.31 37.08 Automatic
II TAU P 08:13:18.12 0.79 185.13 37.94 Automatic
IU TATO P 08:13:54.22 2.4 317.18 42.02 Automatic
IU NWAO P 08:13:54.2 -1 224.7 42.37 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:14:01.17 -2.22 344.3 43.56 Automatic
IU JOHN P 08:14:11.14 1.14 59.5 44.2 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:14:43.42 0.17 333.43 48.58 Automatic
IU RAR P 08:14:52.47 -1.16 113.56 49.72 Automatic
IU XMAS P 08:15:07.89 1.5 83.22 51.38 Automatic
IU YSS P 08:15:15.15 1.13 352.4 52.71 Automatic
IU KIP P 08:15:40.97 0.99 59.81 56.04 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:15:48.4 0.04 296.35 57.15 Automatic
IU POHA P 08:15:51.77 0.56 62.66 57.6 Automatic
IU ADK P 08:16:28.37 0.91 21.32 63.11 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:16:37.7 -0.91 359.52 64.74 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:16:45.52 -0.21 328.93 65.84 Automatic
IU CASY P 08:16:54.2 -1.93 196.64 67.4 Automatic
IU YAK P 08:17:07.7 0.02 349.2 69.28 Automatic
II TLY P 08:17:10.87 -0.79 330.64 69.95 Automatic
II PALK P 08:17:23.82 -1.02 279.4 71.85 Automatic
IU SBA P 08:17:29.79 -1.27 176.71 73.12 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:17:33.82 -1.54 5.71 73.97 Automatic
II KDAK P 08:17:54.47 0.38 26.89 77.15 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:17:57.42 -2.36 352.85 78.23 Automatic
II DGAR P 08:18:04.42 0.36 263.46 78.63 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:18:08.92 -2.05 319.35 80.13 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:18:21.17 -3.06 21.88 82.72 Automatic
II AAK P 08:18:30.92 -1.29 313.87 84.13 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:18:32.82 -2.42 180.01 84.77 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:18:52.37 -3.21 323.54 88.96 Automatic
IU COR P 08:19:02.37 1.06 45.2 90.12 Automatic
II PFO P 08:19:20.72 -0.89 56.6 94.45 Automatic
II UOSS P 08:19:31.62 -2.15 294.55 97.08 Automatic
IU TUC P 08:19:44.72 1.83 58.06 99.16 Automatic
IU SLBS P 08:19:48.52 2.71 66.81 99.78 Automatic
II ABPO P 08:19:58.97 4.6 249.32 101.82 Automatic
IU ANMO P 08:20:00.2 1.87 55.3 102.71 Automatic
II FFC P 08:20:02.7 -0.25 34.76 103.64 Automatic
IU RSSD P 08:20:01.77 -1.54 45.76 103.87 Automatic