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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/13 05:19
Universal datetime 2015/08/12 18:19
Latitude -9.34 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 157.84 ° ± 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  1170 283733
Lae  1230 76255
Honiara  232 56298
Arawa  426 40266
Port Vila  1465 35901
Popondetta  1057 28198
Madang  1407 27419
Kimbe  947 18847
Goroka  1420 18503
Kavieng  1079 14490
Luganville  1223 13397
Rabaul  848 8074
Gizo  176 6154
Lorengau  1421 5806
Kerema  1330 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.49
Azimuthal gap 85.09 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:19:50.64 -2.27 92.9 2.08 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:22:54.82 -1.6 224.86 15.51 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:23:35.32 2.17 55.32 18.44 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:24:41.7 -1.17 242.32 25.02 Automatic
IU GUMO P 18:24:53.27 0.51 330.49 26.3 Automatic
IU KNTN P 18:25:35.94 0.44 79.7 30.95 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:26:37.7 0.43 273.82 38.02 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:26:42.17 1.62 247.61 38.5 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:27:29.62 2.68 231.6 44.19 Automatic
IU TATO P 18:28:06.82 0.5 314.89 49.31 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:28:04.72 -1.86 339.19 49.46 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:28:49.67 0.25 329.93 55.18 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:29:07.55 -0.62 347.9 57.88 Automatic
IU PET P 18:29:42.40 3.49 0.55 62.37 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:29:54.34 -0.78 296.13 64.52 Automatic
IU ADK P 18:29:57.22 0.5 17.03 65.03 Automatic
IU SBA P 18:30:22.32 1.34 177.99 68.66 Automatic
IU MA2 P 18:30:23.87 1.05 356.17 69.15 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:30:44.62 -0.22 327 72.65 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:30:54.37 -1.74 346.73 74.65 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:31:30.72 0.12 180.02 80.59 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:31:47.97 -1.52 20.27 84.4 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:32:02.99 -1.65 318.36 87.33 Automatic
II NIL P 18:32:21.22 0.2 304.03 90.7 Automatic
II AAK P 18:32:24.67 0.31 313.04 91.48 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:32:42.62 -2.19 322.86 96 Automatic