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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/09 18:42
Universal datetime 2016/04/09 08:42
Latitude -5.96 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 147.92 ° ± 20 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  395 283733
Lae  133 76255
Mt. Hagen  410 33623
Popondetta  312 28198
Madang  250 27419
Mendi  474 26252
Kimbe  251 18847
Goroka  281 18503
Wewak  545 18230
Daru  623 15214
Kavieng  493 14490
Kundiawa  328 9383
Rabaul  507 8074
Lorengau  441 5806
Kerema  316 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.91
Azimuthal gap 157.43 °
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
IU PMG P 08:43:26.17 0.79 192.3 3.52 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:50:33.17 0.73 348.64 43.47 Automatic
IU PET P 08:52:35.15 1.4 7.45 59.69 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:53:07.97 0.04 330.95 64.69 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:53:14.7 0.85 1.58 65.58 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:54:12.47 0.28 7.06 75.18 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:54:30.17 -0.87 320.35 78.36 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:54:30.17 -1.44 353.98 78.6 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:55:00.22 -0.79 180 83.96 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:55:04.2 -0.98 22.58 84.86 Automatic