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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/09 22:03
Universal datetime 2016/03/09 12:03
Latitude 11.67 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 145.09 ° ± 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
Jayapura  1644 134895
Lae  2046 76255
Manokwari  1846 53190
Nabire  1971 43898
Mt. Hagen  1941 33623
Madang  1870 27419
Mendi  1977 26252
Kimbe  1985 18847
Goroka  1964 18503
Wewak  1691 18230
Kavieng  1699 14490
Vanimo  1642 11204
Kundiawa  1957 9383
Rabaul  1921 8074
Lorengau  1535 5806

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.21
Azimuthal gap 165.12 °
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 GUMO P 12:04:34.52 1.84 353.57 1.93 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:08:45.37 1.21 174.34 21.18 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:09:27.97 -0.88 347.14 25.64 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:10:35.47 -1.04 198.58 33.32 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:12:16.44 0.71 285.02 44.97 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:12:38.67 -0.1 3.86 48.09 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:12:38.47 -1.11 326.28 48.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:13:05.82 0.41 350.85 51.58 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:13:53.2 0.13 9.22 58.11 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:14:10.52 -0.86 354.21 60.77 Automatic
II KURK P 12:14:46.2 -1.82 320.61 66.16 Automatic
II AAK P 12:14:59.77 0.68 311.5 67.89 Automatic
II NIL P 12:15:05.42 2.26 301.79 68.51 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:15:20.27 -1.42 322.32 71.58 Automatic