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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/08/20 23:29
Universal datetime 2015/08/20 13:29
Latitude -8.06 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 149.33 ° ± 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  281 283733
Lae  297 76255
Arawa  718 40266
Mt. Hagen  615 33623
Popondetta  142 28198
Madang  502 27419
Mendi  663 26252
Kimbe  292 18847
Goroka  487 18503
Daru  681 15214
Kavieng  628 14490
Kundiawa  533 9383
Rabaul  528 8074
Lorengau  705 5806
Kerema  385 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.98
Azimuthal gap 81.76 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 13:31:36.37 -0.76 98.25 10.59 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:32:02.87 2.06 193.57 12.39 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:33:25.17 1.44 229.12 18.73 Automatic
IU TARA P 13:34:36.12 3.67 69.21 25.34 Automatic
II KAPI P 13:35:12.52 2.2 274.07 29.53 Automatic
IU MBWA P 13:35:26.77 0.22 242.12 31.4 Automatic
IU TATO P 13:37:02.87 1.3 321.42 42.74 Automatic
IU MAJO P 13:37:24.42 -1.03 347.52 45.82 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:38:00.77 0.8 336.52 50.25 Automatic
IU CHTO P 13:38:47.89 0.67 298.99 56.47 Automatic
IU PET P 13:39:20.65 -0.48 6.36 61.6 Automatic
IU CASY P 13:39:35.47 -2.57 196.29 63.97 Automatic
IU ADK P 13:39:59.27 4.59 22.08 66.65 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:39:58.22 -0.23 330.69 67.2 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:39:59.32 -1.44 0.79 67.65 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:40:25.22 -0.88 350.44 71.73 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:40:55.97 -1.45 6.48 77.1 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:41:17.62 -1.35 320.23 80.87 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:41:21.22 -3.38 180.01 81.86 Automatic
II AAK P 13:41:37.27 -0.92 314.5 84.52 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:42:01.77 -2.46 323.84 89.94 Automatic