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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/09/27 04:17
Universal datetime 2015/09/26 18:17
Latitude -6.23 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.57 ° ± 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  601 283733
Lae  510 76255
Arawa  442 40266
Mt. Hagen  816 33623
Popondetta  462 28198
Madang  651 27419
Mendi  878 26252
Kimbe  176 18847
Goroka  685 18503
Kavieng  412 14490
Kundiawa  732 9383
Rabaul  233 8074
Gizo  617 6154
Lorengau  666 5806
Kerema  661 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.71
Azimuthal gap 120 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:18:49.67 1.8 233.76 5.4 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:20:56.77 1.17 199.95 14.79 Automatic
IU GUMO P 18:22:11.47 2.65 341.46 20.91 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:22:16.2 -1.23 229.05 21.62 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:23:51.52 0.07 270.54 31.69 Automatic
II TAU P 18:24:37.27 2.7 185.19 36.87 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:25:38.82 1.04 344.65 44.57 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:27:16.42 -0.88 296.98 57.58 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:28:13.47 -2.16 196.76 66.36 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:28:16.82 -0.86 329.2 66.73 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:28:38.47 -1.24 349.3 70.32 Automatic
II PALK P 18:28:52.42 0.57 279.76 71.98 Automatic
IU SBA P 18:28:50.44 -0.58 176.68 72.06 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:29:06.77 -1.05 5.7 75.04 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:29:30.37 4.59 26.8 78.13 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:29:39.99 -1.38 319.48 80.91 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:29:54.32 -1.8 180.01 83.7 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:29:53.37 -2.31 21.84 83.73 Automatic
II NIL P 18:29:55.87 -1.27 304.92 83.82 Automatic
II AAK P 18:30:01.72 -0.28 313.95 84.84 Automatic
II PFO P 18:30:50.77 0.04 56.68 95.08 Automatic
IU RSSD P 18:31:33.47 0.45 45.95 104.65 Automatic