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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/22 06:32
Universal datetime 2015/05/21 19:32
Latitude -9.74 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 160.29 ° ± 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  1438 283733
Nouméa  1534 93060
Lae  1502 76255
Honiara  50 56298
Arawa  649 40266
Port Vila  1239 35901
Popondetta  1327 28198
Madang  1676 27419
Kimbe  1211 18847
Kavieng  1313 14490
Luganville  984 13397
Rabaul  1088 8074
Gizo  421 6154
Lorengau  1673 5806
Kerema  1602 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.88
Azimuthal gap 61.71 °
Number of stations used 35
Number of phases used 35

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:33:10.92 2.41 311.71 0.45 Automatic
IU TARA P 19:36:54.44 0.86 49.27 16.77 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:36:57.7 -0.04 231 17.04 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:37:23.22 2.36 116.83 19 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:38:40.72 -0.56 244.85 27.01 Automatic
IU KNTN P 19:38:55.49 -0.72 77.79 28.66 Automatic
II TAU P 19:39:51.72 0.79 196.63 35.05 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:40:39.12 1.12 273.7 40.45 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:40:38.67 -0.37 248.74 40.59 Automatic
IU XMAS P 19:41:04.32 -0.12 76.59 43.71 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:41:56.67 -0.61 337.04 50.73 Automatic
IU KIP P 19:42:03.32 -0.47 52.37 51.44 Automatic
IU POHA P 19:42:12.32 0.13 55.7 52.55 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:42:42.57 0.75 328.27 56.77 Automatic
IU YSS P 19:42:56.30 0.58 346.1 58.81 Automatic
IU PET P 19:43:22.75 0.09 358.89 62.78 Automatic
IU ADK P 19:43:36.47 0.7 15.49 64.73 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:43:42.67 -0.82 199.68 65.73 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:43:51.34 0.01 295.41 66.87 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:43:59.22 0.16 178.54 68.19 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:44:06.82 -0.64 354.88 69.73 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:44:36.2 0.32 326.07 74.32 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:44:41.87 -0.82 345.73 75.61 Automatic
II KDAK P 19:44:54.42 0.12 23.58 77.62 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:44:54.87 -0.83 2.35 77.93 Automatic
II TLY P 19:44:58.2 -0.15 328.07 78.27 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:45:26.77 -1.41 19.62 83.95 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:45:26.87 -1.41 350.49 84 Automatic
IU COR P 19:45:46.77 0.95 43.87 87.35 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:45:53.72 -1 317.91 89.24 Automatic
II PFO P 19:45:57.77 -0.24 55.8 89.84 Automatic
II AAK P 19:46:14.47 -0.32 312.69 93.52 Automatic
IU TUC P 19:46:18.92 0.28 57.93 94.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 19:46:32.57 -1.26 322.66 97.77 Automatic
IU ANMO P 19:46:36.42 0.13 55.78 98.21 Automatic