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Type Event
Magnitude 6 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/09 03:19
Universal datetime 2016/02/08 16:19
Latitude -6.54 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 154.58 ° ± 3 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  876 283733
Lae  839 76255
Honiara  673 56298
Arawa  115 40266
Mt. Hagen  1149 33623
Popondetta  740 28198
Madang  984 27419
Kimbe  503 18847
Goroka  1018 18503
Kavieng  605 14490
Kundiawa  1066 9383
Rabaul  373 8074
Gizo  303 6154
Lorengau  951 5806
Kerema  977 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.52
Azimuthal gap 23.82 °
Number of stations used 51
Number of phases used 51

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:21:08.52 2.89 248.23 7.88 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:22:53.62 1.24 210.01 15.77 Automatic
II KWAJ P 16:23:48.22 3.95 40.42 20.11 Automatic
IU GUMO P 16:24:09.22 1.55 334.44 22.32 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:24:22.32 -0.97 233.75 23.75 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:24:37.2 -2.46 118.18 25.5 Automatic
IU AFI P 16:25:51.87 -2.28 105.26 33.88 Automatic
IU RAO P 16:25:59.34 0.99 134.59 34.45 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:26:02.12 1.03 270.64 34.67 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:26:17.77 -0.6 243.01 36.72 Automatic
II TAU P 16:26:18.67 -0.03 188.86 36.93 Automatic
IU SNZO P 16:26:36.82 -0.58 155.81 39.11 Automatic
IU JOHN P 16:27:09.12 3.5 56.3 42.45 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:27:14.42 -0.03 227.65 43.53 Automatic
IU MIDW P 16:27:19.42 1.56 36.59 44.05 Automatic
IU TATO P 16:27:27.42 1.33 315.64 45.05 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:27:29.52 -1.18 341.57 45.74 Automatic
IU RAR P 16:27:38.17 -0.27 113.16 46.48 Automatic
IU XMAS P 16:27:54.59 -0.95 81.44 48.66 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:28:13.2 0.21 331.47 51.16 Automatic
IU KIP P 16:28:37.52 0.7 57.62 54.25 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:28:36.90 -0.28 350.12 54.52 Automatic
IU POHA P 16:28:47.82 0.54 60.64 55.68 Automatic
IU PET P 16:29:13.20 -0.44 2.84 59.67 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:29:21.42 0.95 296.01 60.39 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:29:55.42 -1.79 357.89 66.19 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:30:01.62 -1.42 197.69 66.94 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:30:12.92 0.05 327.89 68.56 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:30:27.47 -1.32 347.96 71.22 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:30:34.4 2.21 177.32 71.59 Automatic
II PALK P 16:30:53.27 0.15 279.37 74.97 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:30:50.12 -1.54 4.56 75.08 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:31:03.82 0.32 25.84 77.08 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:31:17.27 -1.98 352.02 79.99 Automatic
II DGAR P 16:31:30.37 1.51 263.46 81.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:31:32.77 -2.34 21.17 82.93 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:31:35.32 -1.2 318.86 83.09 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:31:36.42 -1.74 180.01 83.39 Automatic
II KURK P 16:31:51.2 -1.65 322.01 86.3 Automatic
II NIL P 16:31:53.12 -0.83 304.47 86.45 Automatic
II AAK P 16:31:56.82 -0.54 313.49 87.21 Automatic
IU COR P 16:32:06.72 0.76 44.88 89.03 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:32:16.37 -2.39 323.25 91.82 Automatic
II RPN P 16:32:24.77 2.17 117.66 92.4 Automatic
II PFO P 16:32:23.7 -0.62 56.48 92.76 Automatic
IU TUC P 16:32:46.97 2.1 58.16 97.4 Automatic
IU SLBS P 16:32:46.82 0.75 66.88 97.62 Automatic
II UOSS P 16:32:56.87 -0.5 294.24 100.32 Automatic
IU ANMO P 16:33:01.87 1.14 55.59 101.08 Automatic
IU RSSD P 16:33:07.7 -0.95 46.17 102.72 Automatic
II FFC P 16:33:09.2 -0.67 35.22 103.09 Automatic