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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/05 12:40
Universal datetime 2015/05/05 02:40
Latitude -5.23 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.94 ° ± 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  703 283733
Lae  573 76255
Arawa  416 40266
Mt. Hagen  859 33623
Popondetta  565 28198
Madang  682 27419
Mendi  924 26252
Kimbe  202 18847
Goroka  732 18503
Kavieng  319 14490
Kundiawa  778 9383
Rabaul  116 8074
Gizo  627 6154
Lorengau  627 5806
Kerema  738 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.01
Azimuthal gap 120.18 °
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 02:41:56.27 0.81 228.38 6.31 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:44:06.32 1.56 199.92 15.85 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:45:20.77 -1.55 227.77 22.55 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:47:15.92 0.52 239.96 35.05 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:48:27.7 1.04 343.97 43.71 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:49:09.77 3.54 333.18 48.79 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:50:10.52 -1.09 296.27 57.46 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:51:03.87 4 359.35 64.82 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:51:08.27 -0.3 328.8 66.07 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:51:20.87 3.38 196.75 67.42 Automatic
II TLY P 02:51:33.92 -0.47 330.52 70.17 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:51:50.34 -1.58 176.77 73.03 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:51:55.67 -1.33 5.59 74.01 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:52:13.27 -1.78 26.79 77.07 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:52:23.37 1.58 352.76 78.34 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:52:31.89 -1.87 319.29 80.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:52:42.37 -2.99 21.81 82.67 Automatic
II AAK P 02:52:53.67 -1.34 313.82 84.41 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:52:53.62 -2.65 180.01 84.7 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:53:15.7 -3.06 323.51 89.2 Automatic
II PFO P 02:53:43.22 1.23 56.59 94.23 Automatic
II FFC P 02:54:23.97 0.78 34.8 103.52 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:54:25.47 1.54 45.79 103.69 Automatic