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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/01/27 06:03
Universal datetime 2016/01/26 20:03
Latitude -5.18 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.02 ° ± 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  799 283733
Lae  689 76255
Honiara  898 56298
Arawa  305 40266
Mt. Hagen  978 33623
Popondetta  660 28198
Madang  802 27419
Kimbe  321 18847
Goroka  852 18503
Kavieng  378 14490
Kundiawa  898 9383
Rabaul  145 8074
Gizo  531 6154
Lorengau  726 5806
Kerema  850 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.58
Azimuthal gap 54.81 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 20:05:32.17 1.83 233.64 7.18 Automatic
IU HNR P 20:05:46.4 3.34 122.2 8.08 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:07:33.77 0.34 203.22 16.3 Automatic
IU TARA P 20:08:28.77 0.47 72.33 20.93 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:08:52.52 -1.48 229.25 23.39 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:09:30.72 -1.31 119.24 27.51 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:10:24.27 2.14 268.76 33.13 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:10:45.29 -1.26 240.54 36 Automatic
II TAU P 20:11:02.12 -0.57 186.77 38.07 Automatic
IU NWAO P 20:11:45.77 -1.46 225.64 43.35 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:12:37.12 4.54 332.23 49.23 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:13:42.32 1.17 295.85 58.4 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:14:21.57 -0.97 358.74 64.78 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:14:35.62 0.82 328.29 66.58 Automatic
IU CASY P 20:14:41.62 -1.08 197.07 67.78 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:14:53.2 -0.11 348.56 69.57 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:15:14.77 -0.03 177 73.03 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:15:18.22 -0.77 5.18 73.85 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:15:44.17 -1 352.44 78.43 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:16:00.19 -0.03 319.06 81.05 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:16:03.42 -2.5 21.58 82.22 Automatic
II KURK P 20:16:16.27 -0.72 322.2 84.28 Automatic
II NIL P 20:16:17.92 -0.27 304.61 84.41 Automatic
II AAK P 20:16:21.92 0.27 313.65 85.15 Automatic
II BRVK P 20:16:42.47 -1.37 323.4 89.8 Automatic