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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/05 12:06
Universal datetime 2015/05/05 02:06
Latitude -5.17 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.04 ° ± 13 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  802 283733
Lae  692 76255
Honiara  897 56298
Arawa  303 40266
Mt. Hagen  981 33623
Popondetta  662 28198
Madang  805 27419
Kimbe  324 18847
Goroka  854 18503
Kavieng  379 14490
Kundiawa  901 9383
Rabaul  146 8074
Gizo  530 6154
Lorengau  728 5806
Kerema  853 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.83
Azimuthal gap 165.23 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 02:10:45.42 0.32 203.29 16.31 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:12:06.97 1.28 229.28 23.41 Automatic
II TAU P 02:14:13.52 -0.72 186.8 38.08 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:15:03.62 1.13 342.76 43.97 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:15:44.72 0.64 332.21 49.24 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:16:51.12 -1.63 295.83 58.42 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:17:33.67 -0.29 358.73 64.77 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:17:46.67 0.36 328.28 66.59 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:18:30.42 0.02 5.17 73.84 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:18:57.72 1.11 352.43 78.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:19:11.14 -0.6 319.05 81.06 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:19:17.32 0.01 21.58 82.21 Automatic
II AAK P 02:19:32.37 -0.81 313.65 85.16 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:19:54.52 -0.82 323.4 89.81 Automatic