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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/07/30 04:56
Universal datetime 2015/07/29 17:56
Latitude -10.85 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 166.11 ° ± 3 km
Depth 183 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  2078 283733
Nouméa  1263 93060
Suva  1553 77366
Honiara  693 56298
Nandi  1441 42284
Arawa  1268 40266
Port Vila  797 35901
Tarawa  1550 28802
Popondetta  1972 28198
Labasa  1562 24187
Kimbe  1854 18847
Kavieng  1921 14490
Luganville  528 13397
Rabaul  1707 8074
Gizo  1063 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.95
Azimuthal gap 38.67 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:58:10.27 -1.75 282.59 6.23 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:59:47.82 2.1 122.14 13.46 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:00:47.57 0.78 272.72 18.7 Automatic
II KWAJ P 18:00:57.97 1.75 4.42 19.71 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:01:13.52 0.1 241.81 21.22 Automatic
IU AFI P 18:01:18.67 -1.11 100.35 21.81 Automatic
IU KNTN P 18:01:33.2 -1.78 71.43 23.43 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:02:49.52 -0.45 249.57 31.86 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:04:44.67 0.65 250.93 45.58 Automatic
IU KIP P 18:05:00.12 0.19 47.46 47.78 Automatic
IU POHA P 18:05:06.77 0.28 51.12 48.62 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:05:17.52 0.85 235.79 49.86 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:05:45.82 -1.1 332.38 54.19 Automatic
II ERM P 18:06:08.77 2.62 339.77 56.92 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:06:37.65 0.33 342.07 61.46 Automatic
IU PET P 18:06:55.35 0.11 355.03 64.2 Automatic
IU ADK P 18:06:56.87 -0.25 11.68 64.47 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:07:12.2 -0.75 201.18 66.69 Automatic
IU SBA P 18:07:14.59 0.06 179.85 67 Automatic
IU MA2 P 18:07:40.32 -0.72 351.88 71.5 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:07:49.69 0.61 293.86 72.54 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:08:09.62 -0.56 21.22 76.47 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:08:19.22 -0.58 343.47 78.21 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:08:22.37 0.38 324.05 78.51 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:08:23.7 -0.45 0.13 78.92 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:08:25.22 -0.61 180.03 79.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:08:45.7 -1.12 17.93 83.16 Automatic
II PFO P 18:09:00.12 -0.34 54.6 85.78 Automatic
IU SLBS P 18:09:16.27 0.5 65.62 88.9 Automatic
IU TUC P 18:09:21.47 0.56 57.04 90.06 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:09:38.52 0.2 316.96 93.93 Automatic
IU ANMO P 18:09:39.77 0.2 55.18 94.12 Automatic
IU PMSA P 18:09:46.67 -0.14 160.8 95.61 Automatic
II FFC P 18:10:04.62 -0.56 35.87 99.94 Automatic