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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/24 05:28
Universal datetime 2015/05/23 19:28
Latitude -4.68 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 152.42 ° ± 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  784 283733
Lae  643 76255
Arawa  388 40266
Mt. Hagen  919 33623
Popondetta  646 28198
Madang  739 27419
Kimbe  271 18847
Goroka  795 18503
Wewak  984 18230
Kavieng  293 14490
Kundiawa  841 9383
Rabaul  61 8074
Gizo  617 6154
Lorengau  642 5806
Kerema  812 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.55
Azimuthal gap 53.96 °
Number of stations used 33
Number of phases used 33

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:30:01.97 4.29 227.59 7.04 Automatic
IU HNR P 19:30:23.2 0.46 122.93 8.85 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:32:06.37 0.58 200.77 16.54 Automatic
IU TARA P 19:33:04.27 2.04 74.06 21.35 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:33:21.2 -1.15 227.53 23.28 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:34:06.62 -1.55 119.57 28.27 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:35:12.7 -1.53 239.59 35.74 Automatic
IU NWAO P 19:36:14.92 -1.04 224.87 43.28 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:36:14.32 -0.81 343.28 43.32 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:36:57.67 1.25 332.54 48.51 Automatic
IU XMAS P 19:37:12.69 -0.98 83.47 50.54 Automatic
IU YSS P 19:37:25.80 0.83 351.68 52.34 Automatic
IU POHA P 19:37:58.52 0.23 62.63 56.68 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:38:05.99 0.77 295.78 57.65 Automatic
IU ADK P 19:38:39.97 3.77 20.96 62.37 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:38:47.77 -0.78 359.07 64.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:39:00.37 0.95 328.45 65.84 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:39:18.62 -0.11 348.8 68.96 Automatic
II TLY P 19:39:26.2 0.84 330.23 69.93 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:39:44.97 -0.78 5.42 73.41 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:39:46.99 -0.25 176.89 73.56 Automatic
II KDAK P 19:40:02.62 -0.66 26.7 76.36 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:40:09.77 -1.58 352.6 77.85 Automatic
II DGAR P 19:40:23.27 0.94 263.31 79.48 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:40:24.74 -0.73 319.13 80.28 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:40:31.82 -2.18 21.73 81.98 Automatic
II NIL P 19:40:43.7 -0.54 304.65 83.63 Automatic
II AAK P 19:40:47.22 0.11 313.71 84.37 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:40:49.17 -2.1 180.01 85.25 Automatic
II BRVK P 19:41:08.7 -1.59 323.46 89.04 Automatic
II PFO P 19:41:33.72 2.71 56.54 93.52 Automatic
II UOSS P 19:41:48.2 -1.74 294.58 97.6 Automatic
II FFC P 19:42:12.52 0.32 34.78 102.79 Automatic