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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/17 07:05
Universal datetime 2015/08/16 21:05
Latitude -5.65 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.77 ° ± 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  840 283733
Lae  760 76255
Honiara  800 56298
Arawa  208 40266
Mt. Hagen  1059 33623
Popondetta  701 28198
Madang  887 27419
Kimbe  402 18847
Goroka  930 18503
Kavieng  473 14490
Kundiawa  977 9383
Rabaul  241 8074
Gizo  433 6154
Lorengau  825 5806
Kerema  913 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.44
Azimuthal gap 55.04 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:06:53.27 2.49 122.12 7.2 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:08:53.52 1.28 206.17 16.18 Automatic
II KWAJ P 21:09:39.57 1.95 43.77 19.98 Automatic
IU TARA P 21:09:42.4 -0.37 70.44 20.37 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:10:16.87 -0.13 231.12 23.67 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:11:50.97 2.14 269.42 33.88 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:12:10.32 -0.17 241.53 36.43 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:13:18.72 2.06 342.13 44.64 Automatic
IU INCN P 21:13:59.42 0.74 331.79 50 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:14:24.50 0.05 350.67 53.51 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:15:09.7 1.56 295.83 59.28 Automatic
IU MA2 P 21:15:44.47 -1.49 358.33 65.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:16:00.82 0.71 328.05 67.38 Automatic
IU CASY P 21:15:59.52 -1.99 197.35 67.55 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:16:16.37 -0.76 348.26 70.18 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:16:31.14 -0.87 177.16 72.52 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:16:40.52 -1.05 4.89 74.26 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:17:24.92 -0.03 318.95 81.9 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:17:24.37 -2.61 21.39 82.39 Automatic
IU QSPA P 21:17:35.37 -1.94 180.01 84.28 Automatic
II NIL P 21:17:42.57 -0.3 304.53 85.29 Automatic
II AAK P 21:17:46.87 0.67 313.57 86.02 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:18:05.97 -1.94 323.33 90.63 Automatic