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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/19 04:04
Universal datetime 2015/05/18 17:04
Latitude -7.02 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.24 ° ± 4 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  822 283733
Lae  801 76255
Honiara  684 56298
Arawa  171 40266
Mt. Hagen  1116 33623
Popondetta  688 28198
Madang  956 27419
Kimbe  481 18847
Goroka  984 18503
Kavieng  621 14490
Kundiawa  1032 9383
Rabaul  388 8074
Gizo  311 6154
Lorengau  949 5806
Kerema  932 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.25
Azimuthal gap 60.24 °
Number of stations used 37
Number of phases used 37

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:06:26.22 0.77 113.53 6.15 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:08:28.2 -0.36 209.86 15.18 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:10:00.17 -1.26 234.23 23.2 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:10:22.12 -1.73 117 25.57 Automatic
IU AFI P 17:11:38.97 -0.6 104.48 34.09 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:11:43.7 1.19 271.39 34.34 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:11:57.47 -0.14 243.42 36.21 Automatic
II TAU P 17:12:01.17 3.29 188.55 36.4 Automatic
IU MIDW P 17:13:06.82 0.65 36.61 44.64 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:13:16.62 -0.46 342.06 46.09 Automatic
IU RAR P 17:13:22.27 -0.81 112.66 46.6 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:13:59.37 0.99 331.94 51.42 Automatic
IU KIP P 17:14:24.42 0.04 57.5 54.79 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:14:23.90 0.08 350.45 54.94 Automatic
IU POHA P 17:14:34.87 0.17 60.51 56.21 Automatic
IU PET P 17:15:00.60 -0.08 3.06 60.16 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:15:04.47 1.01 296.38 60.3 Automatic
IU ADK P 17:15:25.87 -0.56 19.51 63.95 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:15:41.27 -1.85 197.66 66.38 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:15:43.17 -0.65 358.09 66.66 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:15:59.12 1.22 328.14 68.78 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:16:12.7 -0.63 177.24 71.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:16:14.42 -0.4 348.15 71.62 Automatic
II TLY P 17:16:23.47 0.76 329.91 72.86 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:16:37.12 -1.07 4.68 75.59 Automatic
II KDAK P 17:16:49.62 -0.75 25.9 77.66 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:17:03.62 -1.55 352.13 80.41 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:17:20.57 -0.28 318.97 83.23 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:17:19.42 -2.25 21.23 83.5 Automatic
II NIL P 17:17:37.22 -0.32 304.54 86.45 Automatic
II AAK P 17:17:41.77 0.38 313.56 87.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:18:01.72 -1.5 323.27 92 Automatic
II PFO P 17:18:09.77 -0.06 56.53 93.31 Automatic
IU TUC P 17:18:34.12 3.21 58.23 97.94 Automatic
IU ANMO P 17:18:49.37 2.57 55.68 101.63 Automatic
IU RSSD P 17:18:54.27 0.06 46.24 103.29 Automatic
II FFC P 17:18:56.87 0.95 35.26 103.67 Automatic