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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/20 20:42
Universal datetime 2016/04/20 10:42
Latitude -5.19 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 152.86 ° ± 7 km
Depth 104 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  784 283733
Lae  672 76255
Honiara  913 56298
Arawa  321 40266
Mt. Hagen  961 33623
Popondetta  645 28198
Madang  785 27419
Kimbe  304 18847
Goroka  834 18503
Kavieng  367 14490
Kundiawa  880 9383
Rabaul  135 8074
Gizo  545 6154
Lorengau  712 5806
Kerema  834 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.56
Azimuthal gap 107.57 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 10:43:42.82 -1.46 232.97 7.05 Automatic
IU GUMO P 10:46:33.57 2.31 337.17 20.39 Automatic
IU TARA P 10:46:42.2 2.17 72.44 21.08 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:47:02.42 0.59 229.05 23.27 Automatic
IU MAJO P 10:49:56.27 -2.31 342.96 43.93 Automatic
IU INCN P 10:50:40.42 0.68 332.37 49.17 Automatic
IU CHTO P 10:51:49.72 2.21 295.91 58.26 Automatic
IU MA2 P 10:52:28.2 -1.66 358.83 64.79 Automatic
IU ULN P 10:52:42.72 1.34 328.36 66.51 Automatic
IU YAK P 10:53:00.7 0.11 348.64 69.54 Automatic
IU BILL P 10:53:24.37 -1.6 5.24 73.88 Automatic
IU TIXI P 10:53:50.67 -1.15 352.48 78.41 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 10:54:07.24 0.88 319.09 80.95 Automatic
IU COLA P 10:54:10.2 -2.86 21.61 82.29 Automatic
II KURK P 10:54:23.42 0.32 322.23 84.19 Automatic
IU QSPA P 10:54:26.62 0.68 180.01 84.74 Automatic
II BRVK P 10:54:49.62 -0.25 323.42 89.71 Automatic