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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/01/31 12:50
Universal datetime 2016/01/31 02:50
Latitude -2.98 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 146.96 ° ± 7 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
Jayapura  698 134895
Lae  415 76255
Mt. Hagen  441 33623
Popondetta  656 28198
Madang  281 27419
Mendi  508 26252
Kimbe  453 18847
Goroka  385 18503
Wewak  375 18230
Kavieng  430 14490
Vanimo  630 11204
Kundiawa  403 9383
Rabaul  591 8074
Lorengau  111 5806
Kerema  561 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.57
Azimuthal gap 78.4 °
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 02:51:40.27 -0.97 178.26 6.43 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:54:01.97 2.07 352.9 16.7 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:54:07.17 1.89 182.26 17.12 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:54:48.17 -1.16 215.01 20.95 Automatic
IU TATO P 02:57:20.12 1.64 319.98 37.31 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:57:41.47 -1.77 349.11 40.36 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:58:00.17 0.15 107.52 42.17 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:58:18.97 0.67 336.89 44.64 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:58:59.35 -0.93 356.26 50.07 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:59:17.34 0.74 296.77 52.01 Automatic
IU KIP P 03:00:08.67 1.15 62.78 59.08 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:00:23.67 -0.07 330.71 61.62 Automatic
IU ADK P 03:00:34.67 2.46 24.27 62.9 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:01:30.37 -1.4 7.52 72.33 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:01:49.47 -1.42 320.15 75.46 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:01:48.62 -1.97 354.2 75.54 Automatic
II KURK P 03:02:08.17 -1.85 323.15 78.86 Automatic
II AAK P 03:02:12.42 -0.13 314.44 79.28 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:02:27.7 -1.98 22.88 82.47 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:02:38.77 -0.8 324.01 84.45 Automatic
II UOSS P 03:03:19.92 3.61 294.89 91.94 Automatic
II RAYN P 03:03:59.67 0.07 293.41 101.69 Automatic