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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/04 08:18
Universal datetime 2016/03/03 22:18
Latitude -3.31 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 148.55 ° ± 16 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  697 283733
Lae  417 76255
Mt. Hagen  558 33623
Popondetta  605 28198
Madang  373 27419
Mendi  628 26252
Kimbe  305 18847
Goroka  466 18503
Wewak  546 18230
Kavieng  264 14490
Vanimo  808 11204
Kundiawa  499 9383
Rabaul  412 8074
Lorengau  199 5806
Kerema  593 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.57
Azimuthal gap 185.75 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:19:42.12 0.93 192.67 6.25 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:22:57.82 -1.32 218.68 21.63 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:27:32.47 1.97 296.37 53.57 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:28:33.97 0.71 329.98 62.68 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:28:34.17 -0.04 1.26 62.91 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:29:34.7 -0.74 6.92 72.46 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:29:56.72 1 353.72 76.03 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:30:00.12 -0.34 319.81 76.72 Automatic
II NIL P 22:30:15.92 -1.41 305.08 79.67 Automatic
II KURK P 22:30:15.32 -3.63 322.86 80.08 Automatic
II AAK P 22:30:22.82 0.58 314.2 80.64 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:30:50.17 2.28 323.83 85.64 Automatic