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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/21 09:48
Universal datetime 2015/05/20 22:48
Latitude -10.81 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 164.16 ° ± 3 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  1865 283733
Nouméa  1291 93060
Suva  1739 77366
Honiara  486 56298
Nandi  1625 42284
Arawa  1073 40266
Port Vila  888 35901
Tarawa  1663 28802
Popondetta  1760 28198
Labasa  1759 24187
Kimbe  1650 18847
Kavieng  1733 14490
Luganville  615 13397
Rabaul  1513 8074
Gizo  858 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.78
Azimuthal gap 39.02 °
Number of stations used 39
Number of phases used 39

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 22:50:01.2 -0.67 287.89 4.37 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:52:28.77 -0.32 118.85 15.13 Automatic
IU PMG P 22:52:52.37 1.6 273.26 16.79 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:53:21.42 -1.89 239.54 19.57 Automatic
II KWAJ P 22:53:27.72 1.9 10.07 19.91 Automatic
IU AFI P 22:54:06.52 -1 100.02 23.7 Automatic
IU RAO P 22:54:21.79 3.97 140.39 24.89 Automatic
II TAU P 22:55:51.7 1.69 201.55 35.29 Automatic
IU JOHN P 22:56:12.12 0.49 43.73 37.89 Automatic
IU XMAS P 22:56:32.22 -0.59 73.66 40.3 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:56:58.87 -2.67 250.62 43.79 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:57:02.97 -2.88 273.91 44.32 Automatic
IU NWAO P 22:57:40.17 3.26 235.18 48.31 Automatic
IU KIP P 22:57:42.92 0.2 48.98 49.17 Automatic
IU POHA P 22:57:50.87 1.01 52.53 50.09 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:58:11.97 -0.7 333.98 53.28 Automatic
IU TATO P 22:58:28.67 3.59 311.3 54.86 Automatic
II ERM P 22:58:37.92 4.04 341.32 56.23 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:59:00.62 1.66 325.96 59.73 Automatic
IU YSS P 22:59:07.5 1 343.43 60.85 Automatic
IU PET P 22:59:27.60 0.53 356.32 64.01 Automatic
IU CASY P 22:59:40.92 -0.99 200.76 66.04 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:59:48.2 -0.18 179.41 67.05 Automatic
IU CHTO P 23:00:10.77 -1.23 294.47 70.77 Automatic
IU MA2 P 23:00:12.57 -0.16 352.88 71.2 Automatic
II KDAK P 23:00:48.7 0.34 22.01 77.13 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:00:48.2 -1.42 324.74 77.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 23:00:50.2 -0.42 344.23 77.64 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:00:54.72 -2.54 0.87 78.89 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:01:20.82 -2.37 18.5 83.72 Automatic
IU TIXI P 23:01:30.42 -2.77 349.48 85.72 Automatic
II PFO P 23:01:40.92 -1.34 55.03 87.31 Automatic
IU SLBS P 23:01:57.32 -0.91 65.99 90.63 Automatic
IU TUC P 23:02:01.92 -0.76 57.39 91.64 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:02:06.7 -0.55 317.25 92.6 Automatic
IU ANMO P 23:02:20.22 -0.87 55.45 95.67 Automatic
II NIL P 23:02:27.12 1.32 303.07 96.7 Automatic
II AAK P 23:02:28.27 1.14 312.16 97.05 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:02:43.72 -0.52 322.36 100.94 Automatic