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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2015/10/29 07:46
Universal datetime 2015/10/28 20:46
Latitude -10.91 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 166.16 ° ± 3 km
Depth 174 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  2085 283733
Nouméa  1257 93060
Suva  1545 77366
Honiara  700 56298
Nandi  1433 42284
Arawa  1276 40266
Port Vila  790 35901
Tarawa  1552 28802
Popondetta  1979 28198
Labasa  1554 24187
Kimbe  1861 18847
Kavieng  1929 14490
Luganville  521 13397
Rabaul  1715 8074
Gizo  1070 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.09
Azimuthal gap 45.54 °
Number of stations used 49
Number of phases used 49

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 20:48:15.22 -0.55 282.93 6.29 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:49:49.97 1.94 122.07 13.39 Automatic
IU TARA P 20:49:53.4 -1.85 29.13 13.98 Automatic
IU PMG P 20:50:52.42 1.42 272.86 18.76 Automatic
II KWAJ P 20:51:00.67 0.36 4.24 19.76 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:51:17.22 -0.08 241.98 21.24 Automatic
IU KNTN P 20:51:36.19 -1.99 71.26 23.4 Automatic
IU SNZO P 20:52:48.47 0.82 167.61 31.32 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:52:53.37 -0.67 249.67 31.9 Automatic
IU RAR P 20:53:15.17 0.96 111.83 34.23 Automatic
II TAU P 20:53:27.7 -0.78 203.76 35.96 Automatic
IU JOHN P 20:53:34.44 0.89 41.35 36.63 Automatic
IU XMAS P 20:53:48.49 -1.33 72.47 38.44 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:54:48.57 0.44 250.99 45.62 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:54:55.27 1.81 273.5 46.3 Automatic
IU KIP P 20:55:04.22 0.52 47.38 47.77 Automatic
IU POHA P 20:55:10.52 0.3 51.04 48.6 Automatic
IU NWAO P 20:55:20.22 -0.43 235.84 49.88 Automatic
IU MAJO P 20:55:50.17 -1.12 332.35 54.26 Automatic
IU TATO P 20:56:08.47 0.87 310.1 56.42 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:56:39.12 0.89 324.69 60.93 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:56:42.20 0.55 342.04 61.53 Automatic
IU PET P 20:56:59.70 0.2 354.99 64.25 Automatic
IU ADK P 20:57:02.87 1.6 11.63 64.51 Automatic
IU CASY P 20:57:14.57 -1.93 201.2 66.66 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:57:16.77 -1.34 179.86 66.94 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:57:44.87 -0.44 351.85 71.56 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:57:53.42 -0.01 293.86 72.61 Automatic
II KDAK P 20:58:14.57 0.31 21.19 76.5 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:58:23.17 -0.92 343.45 78.28 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:58:26.52 0.18 324.03 78.59 Automatic
IU QSPA P 20:58:27.62 -1.87 180.03 79.03 Automatic
II RPN P 20:58:37.97 1.17 115.97 80.21 Automatic
II TLY P 20:58:46.17 -0.37 326.29 82.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:58:48.57 -1.73 17.91 83.2 Automatic
IU COR P 20:58:57.52 1.17 42.44 84.25 Automatic
II PFO P 20:59:03.22 -1.11 54.58 85.76 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:59:04.17 -1.03 348.97 86.18 Automatic
II PALK P 20:59:11.82 0.88 278.01 86.96 Automatic
IU SLBS P 20:59:18.87 -0.71 65.61 88.87 Automatic
IU TUC P 20:59:25.57 0.8 57.03 90.04 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:59:42.69 0.06 316.95 94.01 Automatic
IU ANMO P 20:59:43.57 0.12 55.18 94.1 Automatic
IU RSSD P 20:59:58.32 0.11 46.38 97.43 Automatic
II NIL P 21:00:03.17 0.28 302.82 98.4 Automatic
II AAK P 21:00:03.27 -0.14 311.96 98.58 Automatic
II FFC P 21:00:08.42 -0.76 35.87 99.95 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:00:19.7 -0.35 322.29 102.22 Automatic
IU HKT P 21:00:22.62 2.85 61.41 102.29 Automatic