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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/23 01:31
Universal datetime 2016/04/22 14:31
Latitude -6.56 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 155.82 ° ± 5 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  1003 283733
Lae  976 76255
Honiara  555 56298
Arawa  46 40266
Mt. Hagen  1286 33623
Popondetta  870 28198
Madang  1121 27419
Kimbe  638 18847
Goroka  1155 18503
Kavieng  709 14490
Kundiawa  1203 9383
Rabaul  484 8074
Gizo  204 6154
Lorengau  1072 5806
Kerema  1112 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.07
Azimuthal gap 115.18 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 14:32:46.34 1.75 125.37 5 Automatic
IU PMG P 14:33:44.82 4.73 251.1 9.03 Automatic
II MSVF P 14:36:48.82 0.66 119.27 24.4 Automatic
II WRAB P 14:36:47.97 -3.21 235.24 24.75 Automatic
II KAPI P 14:38:29.37 -0.99 270.51 35.91 Automatic
IU CHTO P 14:41:46.32 -0.45 295.58 61.51 Automatic
IU ULN P 14:42:36.82 1.04 327.35 69.23 Automatic
IU SBA P 14:42:47.19 -2.83 177.59 71.51 Automatic
IU BILL P 14:43:09.87 -0.02 4.09 75.01 Automatic
IU TIXI P 14:43:40.42 1.46 351.67 80.18 Automatic
II KURK P 14:44:13.52 -1.62 321.81 87.08 Automatic
II AAK P 14:44:19.87 -0.51 313.31 88.12 Automatic