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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/09/13 08:16
Universal datetime 2015/09/12 22:16
Latitude -6.04 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 147.24 ° ± 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  379 283733
Lae  82 76255
Mt. Hagen  336 33623
Popondetta  322 28198
Madang  185 27419
Mendi  398 26252
Kimbe  326 18847
Goroka  206 18503
Wewak  485 18230
Daru  558 15214
Kavieng  551 14490
Kundiawa  253 9383
Rabaul  580 8074
Lorengau  443 5806
Kerema  260 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.82
Azimuthal gap 61.79 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 22:19:15.29 3.62 105.91 13.04 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:19:25.77 0.94 183.82 14.08 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:20:23.62 -0.6 220.82 18.7 Automatic
IU GUMO P 22:20:38.87 3.56 353.16 19.77 Automatic
IU TARA P 22:21:46.9 0.35 74.73 26.68 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:21:55.2 2.87 270.75 27.38 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:22:34.87 -0.4 113.99 32.27 Automatic
IU NWAO P 22:23:34.72 4.61 222.13 38.74 Automatic
IU TATO P 22:23:40.17 1.12 322.1 39.86 Automatic
IU AFI P 22:23:48.92 -1.37 104.28 41.06 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:24:07.22 -0.16 349.42 43.42 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:24:41.32 0.79 337.75 47.57 Automatic
IU YSS P 22:25:23.10 0.69 356.18 53.15 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:25:28.54 0.42 298.7 53.68 Automatic
IU XMAS P 22:25:43.22 -0.98 83.38 55.82 Automatic
IU POHA P 22:26:27.67 1.61 63.78 61.89 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:26:41.57 -0.04 331.32 64.43 Automatic
IU CASY P 22:26:45.82 -2.22 195.34 65.35 Automatic
IU ADK P 22:26:49.37 0.39 23.53 65.58 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:26:49.42 0.18 1.96 65.67 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:27:12.12 -0.86 351.3 69.41 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:27:31.69 -1.14 175.77 72.53 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:27:48.57 0.06 7.3 75.33 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:28:02.77 -1.6 320.54 77.99 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:28:04.92 -2.12 354.18 78.61 Automatic
II NIL P 22:28:15.57 -1.43 305.71 80.2 Automatic
II AAK P 22:28:23.32 -0.99 314.76 81.62 Automatic
IU QSPA P 22:28:33.67 -2.38 180 83.89 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:28:39.57 -2.48 22.7 85.19 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:28:49.37 -2.45 324.11 87.09 Automatic