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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/04 08:50
Universal datetime 2015/05/03 22:50
Latitude -5.33 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.84 ° ± 7 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  687 283733
Lae  559 76255
Arawa  425 40266
Mt. Hagen  846 33623
Popondetta  550 28198
Madang  671 27419
Mendi  912 26252
Kimbe  189 18847
Goroka  720 18503
Kavieng  324 14490
Kundiawa  766 9383
Rabaul  129 8074
Gizo  632 6154
Lorengau  624 5806
Kerema  723 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.49
Azimuthal gap 120.15 °
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 22:52:16.92 1.01 228.41 6.18 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:54:28.2 2.5 199.7 15.73 Automatic
IU GUMO P 22:55:21.87 3.82 339.97 20.14 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:55:41.37 -1.83 227.78 22.41 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:57:37.12 0.53 240.01 34.91 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:58:49.12 0.24 344.11 43.77 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:59:30.32 1.45 333.31 48.82 Automatic
IU CHTO P 23:00:32.99 -0.61 296.36 57.41 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:01:30.87 -0.23 328.87 66.09 Automatic
IU CASY P 23:01:37.52 -1.57 196.73 67.3 Automatic
II TLY P 23:01:56.47 -0.46 330.58 70.2 Automatic
IU SBA P 23:02:13.67 -0.1 176.75 72.95 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:02:19.47 -0.48 5.62 74.11 Automatic
II KDAK P 23:02:37.97 -0.16 26.81 77.2 Automatic
IU TIXI P 23:02:43.72 -0.86 352.79 78.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:02:54.47 -1.67 319.33 80.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:03:06.32 -2.05 21.83 82.8 Automatic
II AAK P 23:03:16.37 -0.94 313.85 84.4 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:03:38.72 -1.83 323.52 89.22 Automatic
II PFO P 23:04:07.27 2.29 56.6 94.36 Automatic
II FFC P 23:04:46.42 0.28 34.8 103.65 Automatic
IU RSSD P 23:04:47.57 0.67 45.8 103.83 Automatic