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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/08 17:52
Universal datetime 2015/05/08 07:52
Latitude -6.15 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 149.91 ° ± 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  473 283733
Lae  329 76255
Arawa  627 40266
Mt. Hagen  631 33623
Popondetta  342 28198
Madang  468 27419
Mendi  693 26252
Kimbe  72 18847
Goroka  500 18503
Wewak  752 18230
Kavieng  408 14490
Kundiawa  548 9383
Rabaul  328 8074
Lorengau  541 5806
Kerema  490 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.6
Azimuthal gap 93.18 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 07:53:09.47 1.37 219.73 4.24 Automatic
IU CTAO P 07:55:28.57 2.3 193.93 14.38 Automatic
IU GUMO P 07:56:41.72 2.55 345.8 20.36 Automatic
II WRAB P 07:56:39.97 -0.84 226.16 20.44 Automatic
II MSVF P 07:58:11.82 0.86 115.37 29.82 Automatic
IU MBWA P 07:58:36.27 -1.1 239.83 32.83 Automatic
IU NWAO P 07:59:41.12 -0.8 224.27 40.47 Automatic
IU TATO P 07:59:54.2 3.02 319.51 41.63 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:00:08.7 -2.03 346.46 44.08 Automatic
II ERM P 08:00:48.32 3.13 353.31 48.56 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:00:47.47 0.58 335.34 48.73 Automatic
IU YSS P 08:01:22.35 0.08 353.94 53.49 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:01:42.24 -0.57 297.61 56.07 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:02:48.27 0.18 329.99 65.83 Automatic
IU CASY P 08:02:48.92 -0.43 196.22 65.96 Automatic
II TLY P 08:03:15.62 1.25 331.53 69.99 Automatic
IU SBA P 08:03:28.92 0.53 176.33 72.24 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:03:44.17 -0.49 6.32 75.13 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:04:05.37 -1.2 353.38 79.01 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:04:09.24 -2.28 319.87 79.77 Automatic
II NIL P 08:04:23.62 -2.53 305.21 82.42 Automatic
II AAK P 08:04:30.87 -1.06 314.24 83.59 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:04:31.67 -1.14 180.01 83.78 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:04:32.62 -2.16 22.19 84.28 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:04:57.82 0.77 323.75 88.74 Automatic