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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/05 18:16
Universal datetime 2015/05/05 08:16
Latitude -5.38 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 152.24 ° ± 5 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  717 283733
Lae  600 76255
Arawa  380 40266
Mt. Hagen  890 33623
Popondetta  578 28198
Madang  715 27419
Mendi  955 26252
Kimbe  233 18847
Goroka  763 18503
Kavieng  348 14490
Kundiawa  809 9383
Rabaul  130 8074
Gizo  591 6154
Lorengau  663 5806
Kerema  761 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 91.72 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 08:18:31.12 0.35 231.07 6.44 Automatic
IU HNR P 08:19:02.54 1.33 118.41 8.66 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:20:39.22 1.38 201.05 15.81 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:21:55.37 -1.76 228.48 22.67 Automatic
IU MBWA P 08:23:51.47 0.97 240.32 35.23 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:26:48.89 1.44 296.24 57.79 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:27:36.47 2.1 359.18 64.97 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:27:44.17 0.28 328.7 66.34 Automatic
IU CASY P 08:27:49.87 -0.79 196.85 67.36 Automatic
II PALK P 08:28:24.87 1.31 279.38 72.49 Automatic
IU SBA P 08:28:24.47 -0.01 176.83 72.87 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:28:30.87 -0.34 5.47 74.13 Automatic
II KDAK P 08:28:49.17 0.62 26.68 77.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:29:07.72 -1.2 319.25 80.69 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:29:16.97 -2.05 21.74 82.7 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:29:26.57 -2.48 180.01 84.55 Automatic
II AAK P 08:29:31.17 1.05 313.79 84.72 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:29:50.82 -2.2 323.48 89.5 Automatic