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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/09/07 15:23
Universal datetime 2015/09/07 04:23
Latitude -9.80 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 159.97 ° ± 7 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  1403 283733
Nouméa  1543 93060
Lae  1469 76255
Honiara  40 56298
Arawa  626 40266
Port Vila  1259 35901
Popondetta  1293 28198
Madang  1645 27419
Kimbe  1181 18847
Kavieng  1289 14490
Luganville  1006 13397
Rabaul  1063 8074
Gizo  393 6154
Lorengau  1646 5806
Kerema  1568 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.86
Azimuthal gap 128.62 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 04:23:11.82 0.01 356.61 0.36 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:26:59.52 1.1 230.56 16.76 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:27:05.99 4.01 49.84 17.05 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:28:41.67 -1.68 244.75 26.7 Automatic
II TAU P 04:29:55.62 1.09 196.28 34.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:30:44.42 4.12 273.85 40.14 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:34:01.97 -1.64 178.46 68.14 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:34:38.32 -1.51 326.2 74.19 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:35:28.37 -5.51 19.7 84.11 Automatic