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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/02 18:10
Universal datetime 2016/05/02 08:10
Latitude -4.50 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 152.43 ° ± 6 km
Depth 110 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  798 283733
Lae  652 76255
Arawa  397 40266
Mt. Hagen  923 33623
Popondetta  661 28198
Madang  742 27419
Kimbe  279 18847
Goroka  801 18503
Wewak  982 18230
Kavieng  278 14490
Kundiawa  845 9383
Rabaul  45 8074
Gizo  629 6154
Lorengau  634 5806
Kerema  823 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.99
Azimuthal gap 102.2 °
Number of stations used 19
Number of phases used 19

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 08:12:01.52 -0.97 226.54 7.18 Automatic
IU HNR P 08:12:26.52 -0.06 123.94 8.95 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:14:09.27 2.3 200.58 16.71 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:15:17.67 -1.56 227.22 23.41 Automatic
II KAPI P 08:16:41.27 -0.34 267.72 32.57 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:18:51.7 1.46 332.46 48.35 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:19:59.49 0.71 295.67 57.58 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:20:40.67 -0.51 359.06 64.08 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:20:53.42 1.2 328.4 65.69 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:21:38.2 -0.19 5.42 73.23 Automatic
IU SBA P 08:21:42.57 0.72 176.89 73.74 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:22:04.57 0.81 352.59 77.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:22:17.89 -0.21 319.11 80.15 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:22:25.17 -1.22 21.74 81.8 Automatic
II KURK P 08:22:34.37 -0.64 322.25 83.38 Automatic
II NIL P 08:22:36.42 0.06 304.63 83.54 Automatic
II AAK P 08:22:40.17 0.44 313.69 84.25 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:22:44.52 -0.86 180.01 85.43 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:23:00.97 -1.13 323.45 88.9 Automatic