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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2015/09/17 00:03
Universal datetime 2015/09/16 14:03
Latitude -6.06 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.31 ° ± 6 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  590 283733
Lae  484 76255
Arawa  471 40266
Mt. Hagen  786 33623
Popondetta  452 28198
Madang  619 27419
Mendi  849 26252
Kimbe  141 18847
Goroka  656 18503
Kavieng  388 14490
Kundiawa  703 9383
Rabaul  225 8074
Gizo  651 6154
Lorengau  631 5806
Kerema  639 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 94.04 °
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 CTAO P 14:06:54.12 0.75 198.82 14.87 Automatic
IU GUMO P 14:08:03.77 0.92 342 20.66 Automatic
IU TARA P 14:08:25.17 -2.03 71.73 22.82 Automatic
IU NWAO P 14:11:11.12 0.07 225.19 41.52 Automatic
IU MAJO P 14:11:34.47 1.88 344.89 44.33 Automatic
IU INCN P 14:12:12.27 0.99 334.05 49.24 Automatic
IU XMAS P 14:12:35.19 2.65 82.58 51.8 Automatic
IU KIP P 14:13:11.2 2.91 59.43 56.76 Automatic
IU CHTO P 14:13:12.89 1.09 296.98 57.27 Automatic
IU PET P 14:13:24.25 -0.72 5.12 59.41 Automatic
IU MA2 P 14:14:05.2 -1.72 359.7 65.63 Automatic
IU ULN P 14:14:12.32 -0.25 329.29 66.45 Automatic
IU CASY P 14:14:12.12 -0.81 196.65 66.45 Automatic
IU YAK P 14:14:33.87 -1.2 349.41 70.1 Automatic
IU SBA P 14:14:48.97 0.09 176.63 72.25 Automatic
IU BILL P 14:15:03.42 -0.27 5.8 74.89 Automatic
IU TIXI P 14:15:28.27 0.86 352.96 79.08 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 14:15:34.94 -1.52 319.53 80.6 Automatic
IU COLA P 14:15:48.82 -3.26 21.9 83.67 Automatic
IU QSPA P 14:15:52.57 -1.16 180.01 83.87 Automatic
IU RSSD P 14:17:30.77 0.73 45.9 104.72 Automatic