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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/07 13:46
Universal datetime 2016/05/07 02:46
Latitude -6.63 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.71 ° ± 7 km
Depth 94 km (from location) ± 12 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  783 283733
Lae  743 76255
Honiara  755 56298
Arawa  211 40266
Mt. Hagen  1054 33623
Popondetta  647 28198
Madang  891 27419
Kimbe  412 18847
Goroka  923 18503
Kavieng  551 14490
Kundiawa  970 9383
Rabaul  319 8074
Gizo  382 6154
Lorengau  876 5806
Kerema  881 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.6
Azimuthal gap 60.73 °
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 02:48:11.72 -1.08 246.41 7.05 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:50:03.2 1.07 207.54 15.28 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:51:28.7 -0.85 232.82 23.01 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:51:59.62 1.28 117.29 26.22 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:53:06.37 0.68 270.89 33.81 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:56:27.59 0.98 296.38 59.65 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:57:11.2 2.41 358.38 66.25 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:57:24.57 3.14 328.3 68.17 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:57:42.69 0.25 177.13 71.54 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:57:59.22 -4.16 4.89 75.24 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:58:29.72 -0.03 352.27 79.96 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:58:43.44 -1.08 319.05 82.59 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:58:47.57 -0.74 180.01 83.3 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:58:49.2 1.25 21.36 83.32 Automatic
II NIL P 02:59:01.2 -0.21 304.61 85.79 Automatic
II KURK P 02:58:59.87 -1.06 322.16 85.84 Automatic
II AAK P 02:59:05.42 0.29 313.62 86.64 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:59:27.22 0.07 323.33 91.37 Automatic
II PFO P 02:59:35.47 -2.22 56.55 93.53 Automatic