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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/05 11:54
Universal datetime 2015/05/05 01:54
Latitude -5.08 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 151.90 ° ± 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  710 283733
Lae  573 76255
Arawa  425 40266
Mt. Hagen  856 33623
Popondetta  573 28198
Madang  678 27419
Mendi  922 26252
Kimbe  201 18847
Goroka  730 18503
Kavieng  302 14490
Kundiawa  776 9383
Rabaul  101 8074
Gizo  640 6154
Lorengau  614 5806
Kerema  740 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.24
Azimuthal gap 117.41 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:55:33.87 -2.69 227.14 6.38 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:59:07.47 4.26 227.44 22.62 Automatic
II TAU P 02:01:20.22 0.48 185.44 38.04 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:02:48.92 3.69 333.16 48.63 Automatic
IU KIP P 02:03:41.72 2.14 59.73 55.77 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:03:49.92 -0.9 62.6 57.33 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:03:48.72 -2.33 296.2 57.36 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:04:38.12 -0.94 359.37 64.67 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:04:47.77 -0.01 328.79 65.92 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:04:57.32 -1.15 196.72 67.55 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:05:12.27 3.8 349.07 69.26 Automatic
II TLY P 02:05:16.42 2.78 330.51 70.02 Automatic
II PALK P 02:05:27.32 -0.61 279.34 72.11 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:05:34.87 -1.45 5.61 73.86 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:05:51.92 -2.65 26.81 76.96 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:06:10.89 -2.28 319.29 80.25 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:06:20.72 -4.17 21.82 82.55 Automatic
II AAK P 02:06:32.37 -2.13 313.82 84.28 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:06:37.92 0.74 180.01 84.85 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:06:58.82 1.2 323.51 89.06 Automatic
IU COR P 02:07:01.72 0.01 45.18 89.88 Automatic
II PFO P 02:07:22.87 0.93 56.58 94.18 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:08:05.2 1.26 45.77 103.62 Automatic