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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/10 15:24
Universal datetime 2015/08/10 04:24
Latitude -9.25 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 157.64 ° ± 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  1147 283733
Lae  1206 76255
Honiara  255 56298
Arawa  405 40266
Popondetta  1033 28198
Madang  1382 27419
Kimbe  923 18847
Goroka  1396 18503
Kavieng  1056 14490
Luganville  1247 13397
Kundiawa  1443 9383
Rabaul  825 8074
Gizo  155 6154
Lorengau  1397 5806
Kerema  1307 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.65
Azimuthal gap 43.47 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 04:28:09.92 -0.85 224.15 15.43 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:28:48.27 -1.73 55.91 18.56 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:29:26.32 3.12 115.33 21.57 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:29:56.67 0.27 241.99 24.88 Automatic
IU GUMO P 04:30:07.47 0.84 330.8 26.12 Automatic
IU AFI P 04:30:44.72 -0.54 101.76 30.3 Automatic
IU RAO P 04:30:49.37 4.01 134.48 30.39 Automatic
IU KNTN P 04:30:49.37 -3.23 79.93 31.14 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:31:51.12 0.8 273.76 37.81 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:31:54.42 -0.26 247.45 38.34 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:32:41.92 0.4 231.43 44.08 Automatic
IU MIDW P 04:32:44.79 0.47 32.03 44.58 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:33:21.52 0.65 339.36 49.31 Automatic
IU YSS P 04:34:25.70 2.97 348.04 57.76 Automatic
IU PET P 04:34:55.20 1.39 0.69 62.28 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:35:09.19 0.06 296.17 64.3 Automatic
IU ADK P 04:35:11.72 -0.31 17.17 65 Automatic
IU CASY P 04:35:13.27 -1.95 198.92 65.32 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:35:36.34 -0.66 177.95 68.76 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:35:59.97 0.77 327.08 72.47 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:36:09.62 -1.19 346.81 74.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:36:44.87 -1.63 180.02 80.68 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:37:01.97 -2.93 20.33 84.39 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:37:17.92 -1.22 318.4 87.13 Automatic
II AAK P 04:37:39.42 0.57 313.07 91.27 Automatic
II PFO P 04:37:41.97 0.66 56.21 91.74 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:37:58.92 -0.48 322.88 95.8 Automatic