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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/28 15:21
Universal datetime 2016/03/28 06:21
Latitude -5.06 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 140.41 ° ± 8 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  894 283733
Jayapura  281 134895
Lae  752 76255
Manokwari  843 53190
Nabire  575 43898
Mt. Hagen  432 33623
Madang  597 27419
Mendi  379 26252
Goroka  563 18503
Wewak  395 18230
Daru  546 15214
Vanimo  280 11204
Kundiawa  516 9383
Lorengau  834 5806
Kerema  680 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.14
Azimuthal gap 113.61 °
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 06:23:35.37 0.31 123.37 7.99 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:25:22.37 -0.9 201.05 16 Automatic
IU CHTO P 06:30:14.37 1.86 301.48 47.3 Automatic
IU MA2 P 06:32:16.77 -1.93 5.76 65.15 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:33:08.2 -0.25 322.42 72.98 Automatic
IU SBA P 06:33:16.7 1.27 174.42 74.09 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:33:23.47 1.88 9.76 75.37 Automatic
II AAK P 06:33:27.47 0.51 316.24 76.15 Automatic
II KURK P 06:33:28.97 -0.85 325.02 76.71 Automatic
IU TIXI P 06:33:30.37 -0.85 356.29 77.06 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:34:00.17 -0.47 325.23 82.35 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:34:13.17 -0.58 179.99 84.87 Automatic