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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/15 20:30
Universal datetime 2015/05/15 10:30
Latitude -9.61 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 150.51 ° ± 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  364 283733
Lae  502 76255
Arawa  672 40266
Mt. Hagen  808 33623
Popondetta  265 28198
Madang  712 27419
Mendi  848 26252
Kimbe  451 18847
Goroka  687 18503
Daru  801 15214
Kavieng  778 14490
Kundiawa  729 9383
Rabaul  625 8074
Gizo  716 6154
Kerema  547 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.85
Azimuthal gap 154.41 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 10:31:26.67 -0.52 273.35 3.31 Automatic
IU CTAO P 10:33:16.37 0.9 200.92 11.25 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:34:52.32 -1.17 234.67 18.69 Automatic
II KAPI P 10:36:53.52 1.65 276.36 30.84 Automatic
IU TATO P 10:38:47.47 0.3 321.29 44.67 Automatic
IU MAJO P 10:39:10.2 0.69 346.59 47.59 Automatic
IU YSS P 10:40:19.55 0.41 353.7 56.99 Automatic
IU CHTO P 10:40:29.67 -0.09 299.31 58.24 Automatic
IU CASY P 10:40:59.72 -0.81 196.89 62.82 Automatic
IU PET P 10:41:01.100 1.36 5.48 63.02 Automatic
IU SBA P 10:41:40.14 1.29 176.38 68.75 Automatic
IU ULN P 10:41:40.52 -0.01 330.41 69.13 Automatic
IU MA2 P 10:41:40.27 -0.12 0.14 69.19 Automatic
II TLY P 10:42:06.77 0.78 331.81 73.32 Automatic
IU YAK P 10:42:06.27 -0.11 349.98 73.46 Automatic
IU BILL P 10:42:35.2 -0.25 6.01 78.51 Automatic
IU QSPA P 10:42:45.92 -0.54 180.01 80.32 Automatic
IU TIXI P 10:42:55.12 -1.75 353.27 82.52 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 10:42:58.57 -0.6 320.06 82.81 Automatic
II NIL P 10:43:10.47 0.02 305.4 84.91 Automatic
II AAK P 10:43:17.32 -0.42 314.34 86.44 Automatic
IU COLA P 10:43:20.7 -1.03 21.97 87.26 Automatic