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Type Event
Magnitude 6.9 Mwp
Local datetime 2015/07/28 06:41
Universal datetime 2015/07/27 21:41
Latitude -2.60 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 138.43 ° ± 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
Jayapura  252 134895
Sorong  818 125535
Lae  1054 76255
Manokwari  522 53190
Nabire  335 43898
Mt. Hagen  737 33623
Madang  867 27419
Mendi  699 26252
Goroka  863 18503
Wewak  588 18230
Daru  895 15214
Vanimo  320 11204
Kundiawa  818 9383
Lorengau  986 5806
Kerema  1010 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.35
Azimuthal gap 40.07 °
Number of stations used 52
Number of phases used 52

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:43:56.57 2.05 128.48 11.03 Automatic
IU GUMO P 21:45:20.37 1.51 21.37 17.4 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:45:20.92 -2.59 192.62 17.78 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:45:41.92 5.26 262.06 18.79 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:45:38.87 0.08 156.98 19.08 Automatic
IU HNR P 21:46:15.72 -0.54 108.66 22.45 Automatic
II KWAJ P 21:47:35.67 -1.24 68.27 31.24 Automatic
IU TATO P 21:47:44.32 1.09 330.2 32.1 Automatic
IU TARA P 21:48:07.82 0.44 83.85 34.71 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:48:18.77 -0.52 210.87 36.25 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:48:42.42 -0.64 359.71 39.15 Automatic
II TAU P 21:48:59.92 0.58 170.08 41.08 Automatic
IU INCN P 21:49:04.22 1.18 345.83 41.55 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:49:06.42 0.45 114.06 41.7 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:49:27.64 0.5 300.55 44.34 Automatic
II ERM P 21:49:30.7 0.71 4.98 44.82 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:50:06.65 -0.79 3.87 49.7 Automatic
IU KNTN P 21:50:09.67 -0.68 91.44 49.79 Automatic
IU AFI P 21:50:15.72 0.58 105.94 50.44 Automatic
IU SNZO P 21:50:13.97 -1.09 144.88 50.59 Automatic
IU MIDW P 21:50:31.29 1.97 50.8 52.44 Automatic
IU JOHN P 21:50:48.89 1.12 67.4 54.87 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:51:05.7 0.58 335.51 57.42 Automatic
IU PET P 21:51:09.60 0.14 14.16 58.16 Automatic
IU RAR P 21:51:46.52 3.15 112.57 62.84 Automatic
IU MA2 P 21:51:42.2 -0.06 6.98 62.93 Automatic
IU XMAS P 21:51:54.27 1.15 86.47 64.27 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:51:54.87 -0.72 355.48 64.98 Automatic
II DGAR P 21:52:05.2 1.61 263.04 65.85 Automatic
IU ADK P 21:52:04.42 -0.51 28.4 66.35 Automatic
IU KIP P 21:52:06.92 -0.74 65.29 66.58 Automatic
IU CASY P 21:52:05.97 -0.72 191.83 66.63 Automatic
IU POHA P 21:52:19.77 -0.15 67.57 68.5 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:52:26.39 -0.82 322.58 69.83 Automatic
II NIL P 21:52:35.62 0.19 307.01 71.08 Automatic
II AAK P 21:52:47.22 0.51 316.29 73.01 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:52:46.67 -0.88 10.56 73.3 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:52:53.57 -0.95 356.89 74.49 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:53:07.62 -0.19 174.11 76.74 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:53:20.77 -1.06 325.4 79.21 Automatic
II KDAK P 21:53:31.62 -0.98 30.24 81.22 Automatic
II MSEY P 21:53:42.82 0.71 265.62 82.77 Automatic
II UOSS P 21:53:48.7 -0.35 295.42 84.07 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:53:52.92 -1.79 24.13 85.53 Automatic
IU QSPA P 21:54:01.87 -1.81 179.99 87.33 Automatic
II ABPO P 21:54:18.27 -0.57 250.95 90.29 Automatic
IU GNI P 21:54:37.57 -0.12 310.08 94.5 Automatic
II KIV P 21:54:42.52 -1.65 313.93 95.94 Automatic
II LVZ P 21:54:49.47 -1.52 338.37 97.56 Automatic
II OBN P 21:54:55.27 -1.94 325.49 98.9 Automatic
IU KEV P 21:54:59.57 -1.05 340.93 99.72 Automatic
II PFO P 21:55:21.2 1.13 55.96 104.01 Automatic