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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/05 20:05
Universal datetime 2016/05/05 09:05
Latitude -7.00 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 158.85 ° ± 6 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  1313 283733
Lae  1311 76255
Honiara  295 56298
Arawa  373 40266
Popondetta  1185 28198
Madang  1459 27419
Kimbe  977 18847
Goroka  1493 18503
Kavieng  1017 14490
Luganville  1308 13397
Kundiawa  1540 9383
Rabaul  805 8074
Gizo  253 6154
Lorengau  1396 5806
Kerema  1440 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.82
Azimuthal gap 91.15 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 09:06:12.72 -3.06 156.05 2.67 Automatic
IU CTAO P 09:09:44.37 2.86 221.79 17.9 Automatic
IU FUNA P 09:10:11.22 2.94 95.67 20.21 Automatic
II MSVF P 09:10:22.22 -0.52 121.62 21.58 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:16:51.87 0.35 326.17 71.25 Automatic
IU BILL P 09:17:14.62 -0.03 2.93 75.26 Automatic
IU TIXI P 09:17:45.97 -1.09 350.83 81.07 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:17:50.82 -0.61 20.11 81.86 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:18:12.17 -2.3 318.09 86.25 Automatic
II PFO P 09:18:32.12 1.7 56.03 89.49 Automatic
II AAK P 09:18:35.17 -0.26 312.94 90.62 Automatic