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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/23 10:14
Universal datetime 2016/04/22 23:14
Latitude -10.34 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 164.75 ° ± 5 km
Depth 81 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1928 283733
Nouméa  1332 93060
Suva  1709 77366
Honiara  536 56298
Nandi  1596 42284
Arawa  1109 40266
Port Vila  904 35901
Tarawa  1583 28802
Popondetta  1820 28198
Labasa  1720 24187
Kimbe  1695 18847
Kavieng  1764 14490
Luganville  630 13397
Rabaul  1548 8074
Gizo  905 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.58
Azimuthal gap 68.22 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 23:15:41.32 -1.7 280.36 4.82 Automatic
II MSVF P 23:17:59.77 1.17 121.35 14.86 Automatic
IU PMG P 23:18:32.57 2.63 271.55 17.36 Automatic
II WRAB P 23:20:39.57 -1.62 248.24 30.8 Automatic
II KAPI P 23:22:40.72 1.08 273.29 44.88 Automatic
IU MAJO P 23:23:39.92 -0.74 333.33 53.12 Automatic
IU YSS P 23:24:34.75 1.62 342.93 60.57 Automatic
IU PET P 23:24:52.85 -0.3 355.9 63.58 Automatic
IU ADK P 23:24:57.22 -0.45 12.6 64.25 Automatic
IU SBA P 23:25:19.22 -0.67 179.54 67.52 Automatic
IU MA2 P 23:25:37.62 -1.48 352.56 70.81 Automatic
IU CHTO P 23:25:43.57 0.77 294.14 71.11 Automatic
II KDAK P 23:26:17.17 4.51 21.81 76.48 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:26:18.32 0.5 324.46 77.32 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:26:21.67 -1.56 0.65 78.42 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:26:29.52 -1.57 180.03 79.59 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:26:46.17 -2.27 18.35 83.09 Automatic
IU TIXI P 23:26:58.52 -1.37 349.32 85.37 Automatic
II PALK P 23:27:04.32 1.75 278.25 85.5 Automatic
IU TUC P 23:27:27.37 -0.24 57.28 90.9 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:27:34.74 -0.49 317.18 92.65 Automatic
II KURK P 23:27:47.62 -0.87 320.6 95.56 Automatic
II NIL P 23:27:56.42 1.22 303.04 96.93 Automatic
II AAK P 23:27:56.12 0.1 312.15 97.17 Automatic