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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/13 05:49
Universal datetime 2015/08/12 18:49
Latitude -9.37 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 157.75 ° ± 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
Port Moresby  1160 283733
Lae  1222 76255
Honiara  241 56298
Arawa  423 40266
Popondetta  1047 28198
Madang  1398 27419
Kimbe  940 18847
Goroka  1412 18503
Kavieng  1074 14490
Luganville  1229 13397
Kundiawa  1459 9383
Rabaul  843 8074
Gizo  173 6154
Lorengau  1415 5806
Kerema  1321 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.89
Azimuthal gap 62.8 °
Number of stations used 44
Number of phases used 44

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:49:56.52 -5.6 92.01 2.17 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:51:59.77 3.75 268.94 10.45 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:53:02.42 -0.91 224.72 15.43 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:53:41.49 -0.69 55.41 18.53 Automatic
II KWAJ P 18:54:06.22 1.33 28.67 20.65 Automatic
IU FUNA P 18:54:11.99 0.03 89.43 21.2 Automatic
II MSVF P 18:54:14.92 0.82 115.17 21.41 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:54:47.67 -1.74 242.3 24.93 Automatic
IU GUMO P 18:55:00.7 -0.54 330.69 26.28 Automatic
IU AFI P 18:55:35.42 -1.19 101.59 30.16 Automatic
IU KNTN P 18:55:42.37 -1.95 79.69 31.04 Automatic
II TAU P 18:56:18.17 2.84 193.45 34.76 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:56:43.17 -0.75 273.88 37.93 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:56:47.2 -0.75 247.62 38.41 Automatic
IU JOHN P 18:57:13.47 0.19 51.26 41.57 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:57:34.22 -0.02 231.58 44.1 Automatic
IU MIDW P 18:57:38.34 1.19 31.85 44.62 Automatic
IU XMAS P 18:57:50.34 0.09 77.93 46.07 Automatic
IU TATO P 18:58:13.72 -0.29 314.97 49.27 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:58:12.22 -2.34 339.28 49.46 Automatic
IU KIP P 18:58:44.37 0.25 54.17 53.23 Automatic
IU POHA P 18:58:56.2 2.93 57.37 54.43 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:58:57.27 -0.02 330.01 55.17 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:59:15.40 -0.84 347.97 57.89 Automatic
IU PET P 18:59:47.10 -0.02 0.61 62.4 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:00:01.14 -1.55 296.18 64.46 Automatic
IU ADK P 19:00:04.72 -0.36 17.08 65.08 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:00:07.22 -0.11 198.97 65.25 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:00:29.4 0.22 177.97 68.64 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:00:31.22 0.25 356.22 69.17 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:00:51.62 -1.09 327.05 72.63 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:01:01.67 -2.5 346.77 74.66 Automatic
II KDAK P 19:01:27.57 2.43 24.52 78.3 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:01:37.47 -0.97 180.02 80.56 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:01:53.37 2.01 351.18 83.24 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:01:56.17 -1.62 20.29 84.46 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:02:10.4 -2.43 318.38 87.29 Automatic
II NIL P 19:02:28.32 -0.44 304.04 90.65 Automatic
II AAK P 19:02:31.77 -0.39 313.05 91.44 Automatic
II PFO P 19:02:36.7 2.36 56.2 91.71 Automatic
IU SLBS P 19:02:56.37 3.43 66.9 95.84 Automatic
II BRVK P 19:02:50.87 -1.81 322.87 95.97 Automatic
IU TUC P 19:02:57.57 3.15 58.2 96.22 Automatic
IU RSSD P 19:03:25.7 3.63 46.67 102.39 Automatic