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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/24 06:31
Universal datetime 2016/03/23 21:31
Latitude -3.67 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 138.06 ° ± 15 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  319 134895
Sorong  816 125535
Manokwari  542 53190
Amahai  1015 47653
Nabire  286 43898
Mt. Hagen  724 33623
Madang  874 27419
Mendi  677 26252
Goroka  855 18503
Wewak  619 18230
Daru  830 15214
Vanimo  376 11204
Kundiawa  808 9383
Lorengau  1040 5806
Kerema  981 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.63
Azimuthal gap 181.61 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 21:34:59.92 0.12 192.23 16.66 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:39:19.94 0.63 301.7 44.58 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:40:06.50 0.51 4.13 50.8 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:41:01.27 0.72 336.01 58.24 Automatic
IU MA2 P 21:41:39.37 -0.32 7.12 64.04 Automatic
II AAK P 21:42:40.22 0.16 316.61 73.54 Automatic
II KURK P 21:42:42.87 -1 325.49 74.24 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:42:45.2 0.64 10.62 74.42 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:42:50.42 -0.43 357.02 75.54 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:43:14.72 -1.04 325.59 79.88 Automatic