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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/26 13:19
Universal datetime 2016/04/26 04:19
Latitude -4.24 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 140.01 ° ± 4 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  982 283733
Jayapura  204 134895
Lae  821 76255
Manokwari  758 53190
Nabire  509 43898
Mt. Hagen  500 33623
Madang  650 27419
Mendi  455 26252
Goroka  630 18503
Wewak  410 18230
Daru  646 15214
Vanimo  224 11204
Kundiawa  583 9383
Lorengau  844 5806
Kerema  763 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.71
Azimuthal gap 72.45 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 04:21:55.57 2.8 126.41 8.78 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:23:37.57 -0.62 198.86 16.63 Automatic
IU GUMO P 04:24:04.92 4.29 15.07 18.47 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:24:25.42 4.23 267 20.2 Automatic
IU HNR P 04:24:26.9 2.22 105.77 20.46 Automatic
IU WAKE P 04:26:38.54 -1.29 47.22 35.22 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:26:42.67 -1.08 213.82 35.71 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:27:15.97 -1.68 112.95 39.6 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:27:24.82 -1.05 357.78 40.82 Automatic
IU INCN P 04:27:49.47 1.33 344.53 43.54 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:28:14.7 0.6 301.05 46.54 Automatic
IU YSS P 04:28:47.50 -0.58 2.41 51.26 Automatic
IU PET P 04:29:47.80 0.91 12.91 59.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:29:49.17 0.73 334.96 59.56 Automatic
II PALK P 04:29:55.32 0.08 280.86 60.29 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:30:19.72 -0.86 6.02 64.38 Automatic
IU KIP P 04:30:30.87 -1.03 64.24 65.85 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:30:36.17 0.25 354.75 66.74 Automatic
IU ADK P 04:30:37.72 -0.64 27.37 67.06 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:31:09.64 -0.24 322.4 72.09 Automatic
II NIL P 04:31:17.62 -0.19 307.03 73.33 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:31:22.32 -1.94 9.93 74.63 Automatic
II AAK P 04:31:29.92 0.99 316.2 75.29 Automatic
II KURK P 04:31:31.12 -0.52 325.02 75.81 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:32:02.42 -0.42 325.24 81.45 Automatic
II MSEY P 04:32:16.92 -1.61 265.72 84.22 Automatic
II UOSS P 04:32:26.27 -1.73 295.39 86.19 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:32:24.87 -2.97 23.89 86.39 Automatic