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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/28 17:00
Universal datetime 2016/02/28 06:00
Latitude -4.19 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 154.04 ° ± 14 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  955 283733
Lae  830 76255
Honiara  874 56298
Arawa  282 40266
Mt. Hagen  1105 33623
Popondetta  816 28198
Madang  923 27419
Kimbe  457 18847
Goroka  982 18503
Kavieng  400 14490
Kundiawa  1027 9383
Rabaul  210 8074
Gizo  532 6154
Lorengau  788 5806
Kerema  997 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.81
Azimuthal gap 175.19 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 06:02:37.52 3.52 232.28 8.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:05:48.52 -3.19 228.98 24.81 Automatic
II COCO P 06:10:16.72 -0.02 258.18 57.08 Automatic
IU MA2 P 06:11:02.67 2 358.16 63.82 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:11:59.32 2.24 4.82 72.78 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:12:43.39 -0.88 318.75 80.97 Automatic
II KURK P 06:12:59.72 -0.93 321.97 84.12 Automatic
II NIL P 06:13:02.97 -1.06 304.39 84.68 Automatic
II AAK P 06:13:05.92 -0.46 313.45 85.2 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:13:08.72 -0.03 180.01 85.74 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:13:26.22 -1.19 323.31 89.61 Automatic