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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/18 10:31
Universal datetime 2016/03/18 00:31
Latitude -4.64 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 152.73 ° ± 4 km
Depth 123 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  812 283733
Lae  677 76255
Honiara  958 56298
Arawa  360 40266
Mt. Hagen  953 33623
Popondetta  674 28198
Madang  773 27419
Kimbe  304 18847
Goroka  830 18503
Kavieng  312 14490
Kundiawa  875 9383
Rabaul  81 8074
Gizo  594 6154
Lorengau  671 5806
Kerema  845 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.88
Azimuthal gap 78.14 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 00:33:15.77 -3.74 228.92 7.3 Automatic
IU HNR P 00:33:41.79 4.4 124.24 8.62 Automatic
IU GUMO P 00:35:57.2 1.29 336.92 19.83 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:36:34.2 -0.38 227.9 23.53 Automatic
IU FUNA P 00:37:00.77 -1.71 99.81 26.57 Automatic
II MSVF P 00:37:11.87 -3.31 119.89 28.03 Automatic
II KAPI P 00:37:58.42 0.3 267.93 32.86 Automatic
IU SNZO P 00:39:10.2 -0.38 154.96 41.61 Automatic
IU MAJO P 00:39:23.2 -1.04 342.93 43.36 Automatic
IU INCN P 00:40:05.87 0.36 332.26 48.62 Automatic
IU PET P 00:41:13.20 0.31 4.2 57.88 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:41:16.42 1.51 295.65 57.9 Automatic
IU MA2 P 00:41:54.42 -1.5 358.9 64.23 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:42:08.92 1.14 328.3 65.97 Automatic
IU YAK P 00:42:27.42 1.14 348.65 68.98 Automatic
II PALK P 00:42:55.7 3.29 279.09 72.85 Automatic
IU BILL P 00:42:51.27 -1.35 5.31 73.34 Automatic
IU SBA P 00:42:57.24 2.56 176.95 73.59 Automatic
IU TIXI P 00:43:17.37 -1.1 352.51 77.85 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 00:43:33.69 0.26 319.06 80.45 Automatic
IU COLA P 00:43:37.42 -2.78 21.67 81.82 Automatic
II KURK P 00:43:50.32 0.11 322.21 83.67 Automatic
II AAK P 00:43:56.12 1.12 313.66 84.56 Automatic
IU QSPA P 00:43:58.77 0.39 180.01 85.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 00:44:16.27 -0.87 323.43 89.19 Automatic