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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/23 11:39
Universal datetime 2015/05/23 00:39
Latitude -11.03 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 163.25 ° ± 4 km
Depth 94 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1767 283733
Nouméa  1289 93060
Suva  1815 77366
Honiara  402 56298
Nandi  1701 42284
Arawa  998 40266
Port Vila  921 35901
Tarawa  1744 28802
Popondetta  1664 28198
Labasa  1843 24187
Kimbe  1565 18847
Kavieng  1661 14490
Luganville  653 13397
Rabaul  1438 8074
Gizo  775 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.93
Azimuthal gap 62.4 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TARA P 00:43:12.24 -2.97 38.43 15.69 Automatic
II MSVF P 00:43:17.47 -0.11 116.8 15.82 Automatic
IU PMG P 00:43:21.57 2.69 274.39 15.91 Automatic
IU CTAO P 00:43:49.17 -1.8 238.95 18.68 Automatic
II KWAJ P 00:44:10.17 2.76 12.52 20.3 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:45:32.37 -0.51 248.69 29.17 Automatic
IU MBWA P 00:47:27.77 -1.76 250.7 42.87 Automatic
IU MAJO P 00:48:46.32 -0.04 334.83 53.1 Automatic
IU INCN P 00:49:35.97 4.3 326.64 59.42 Automatic
IU SBA P 00:50:23.67 2.14 179.2 66.84 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:50:41.9 -1.07 294.85 70.05 Automatic
IU MA2 P 00:50:47.67 -0.31 353.37 71.32 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:51:21.27 -0.7 325.11 77.03 Automatic
IU YAK P 00:51:25.22 0.53 344.6 77.61 Automatic
IU QSPA P 00:51:33.27 0.09 180.02 78.9 Automatic
IU BILL P 00:51:31.37 -1.58 1.22 79.13 Automatic
II TLY P 00:51:42.7 -1.14 327.21 80.92 Automatic
IU COLA P 00:51:58.37 -1.63 18.76 84.22 Automatic
IU TIXI P 00:52:05.77 -1.93 349.72 85.78 Automatic
II PFO P 00:52:20.27 -0.29 55.22 88.18 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 00:52:37.7 -1.62 317.39 92.15 Automatic
IU TUC P 00:52:45.2 4.15 57.55 92.52 Automatic
IU ANMO P 00:52:59.92 0.8 55.59 96.53 Automatic