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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/10 05:11
Universal datetime 2015/05/09 18:11
Latitude -10.15 ° ± 20 km
Longitude 156.86 ° ± 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  1063 283733
Lae  1151 76255
Honiara  348 56298
Arawa  457 40266
Popondetta  958 28198
Madang  1337 27419
Kimbe  899 18847
Goroka  1342 18503
Kavieng  1071 14490
Luganville  1267 13397
Kundiawa  1388 9383
Rabaul  839 8074
Gizo  227 6154
Lorengau  1389 5806
Kerema  1236 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.55
Azimuthal gap 185.97 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 6

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:13:41.87 -0.97 273.63 9.59 Automatic
IU FUNA P 18:16:19.17 -1.14 87.67 22.1 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:20:53.37 -4.32 330.96 55.41 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:22:53.7 0.65 327.56 72.81 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:23:08.27 2.2 347.2 75.23 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:24:14.69 3.58 318.59 87.29 Automatic