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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/17 14:56
Universal datetime 2016/05/17 04:56
Latitude -5.22 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 151.40 ° ± 10 km
Depth 128 km (from location) ± 11 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  660 283733
Lae  516 76255
Arawa  475 40266
Mt. Hagen  799 33623
Popondetta  524 28198
Madang  622 27419
Mendi  865 26252
Kimbe  143 18847
Goroka  673 18503
Kavieng  299 14490
Kundiawa  718 9383
Rabaul  140 8074
Gizo  680 6154
Lorengau  578 5806
Kerema  683 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.24
Azimuthal gap 120.04 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 04:57:32.47 -1.6 224.9 5.93 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:59:44.17 2.42 198.14 15.68 Automatic
IU GUMO P 05:00:29.82 0.66 341.05 19.9 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:00:53.7 -0.8 226.91 22.16 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:02:45.14 -0.08 239.6 34.58 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:04:39.42 1.98 333.66 48.53 Automatic
IU CHTO P 05:05:42.39 1.51 296.47 56.97 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:06:39.52 0.44 329.06 65.78 Automatic
IU SBA P 05:07:24.64 0.38 176.66 73.07 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:07:30.32 0.98 5.79 74.05 Automatic
IU TIXI P 05:07:52.37 -0.92 352.92 78.26 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:08:02.72 -0.96 319.41 80.03 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:08:15.67 -2.48 21.92 82.86 Automatic
II KURK P 05:08:20.2 -0.93 322.49 83.33 Automatic
II AAK P 05:08:24.92 0.2 313.91 84.01 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:08:27.52 -0.5 180.01 84.7 Automatic
II BRVK P 05:08:47.12 -1.04 323.57 88.87 Automatic
II PFO P 05:09:16.32 0.74 56.62 94.67 Automatic