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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/04 07:58
Universal datetime 2016/03/03 21:58
Latitude -3.12 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 148.30 ° ± 12 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  712 283733
Lae  425 76255
Mt. Hagen  545 33623
Popondetta  624 28198
Madang  363 27419
Mendi  615 26252
Kimbe  338 18847
Goroka  460 18503
Wewak  520 18230
Kavieng  286 14490
Vanimo  779 11204
Kundiawa  490 9383
Rabaul  444 8074
Lorengau  165 5806
Kerema  597 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.94
Azimuthal gap 167.51 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:59:39.22 0.8 190.14 6.38 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:02:52.92 -1.55 217.91 21.62 Automatic
IU TATO P 22:05:27.37 2.79 318.73 38.29 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:07:25.39 1.65 296.34 53.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:08:26.12 -0.73 330.06 62.4 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:08:26.32 -2.2 1.41 62.73 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:09:27.47 -1.94 7.02 72.31 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:09:48.82 -1.2 353.79 75.82 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:09:52.74 -1.5 319.85 76.42 Automatic
II NIL P 22:10:11.37 0.23 305.09 79.37 Automatic
II KURK P 22:10:10.82 -2.02 322.89 79.78 Automatic
II AAK P 22:10:15.82 -0.26 314.22 80.33 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:10:29.27 4.44 22.63 82.09 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:10:43.42 1.5 323.85 85.35 Automatic