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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/04 02:41
Universal datetime 2015/08/03 16:41
Latitude -5.06 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 152.51 ° ± 5 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  763 283733
Lae  638 76255
Honiara  954 56298
Arawa  363 40266
Mt. Hagen  923 33623
Popondetta  624 28198
Madang  745 27419
Kimbe  267 18847
Goroka  797 18503
Kavieng  332 14490
Kundiawa  843 9383
Rabaul  102 8074
Gizo  585 6154
Lorengau  670 5806
Kerema  803 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.86
Azimuthal gap 75.3 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:42:48.42 2.33 230.35 6.86 Automatic
IU HNR P 16:43:12.27 2.4 121.11 8.58 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:44:52.37 -0.27 201.48 16.21 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:46:09.47 -1.71 228.3 23.09 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:48:02.57 -0.97 240.09 35.62 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:50:57.99 0.16 295.96 57.89 Automatic
IU ADK P 16:51:29.92 0.61 20.84 62.69 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:51:43.52 1.54 359.03 64.65 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:51:54.2 1.31 328.5 66.21 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:52:39.67 0.81 5.38 73.78 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:52:56.87 0.94 26.64 76.66 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:53:18.32 0.08 319.15 80.62 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:53:26.7 -0.56 21.7 82.3 Automatic
II NIL P 16:53:35.92 -0.07 304.67 83.92 Automatic
II AAK P 16:53:40.67 1.01 313.72 84.69 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:53:39.12 -1.22 180.01 84.87 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:54:02.2 -0.23 323.45 89.4 Automatic
IU RSSD P 16:54:58.62 -6.17 45.81 103.17 Automatic