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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/21 00:18
Universal datetime 2016/05/20 14:18
Latitude -5.31 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 146.26 ° ± 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  471 283733
Lae  177 76255
Mt. Hagen  235 33623
Popondetta  442 28198
Madang  53 27419
Mendi  304 26252
Kimbe  431 18847
Goroka  129 18503
Wewak  350 18230
Daru  537 15214
Kavieng  589 14490
Vanimo  622 11204
Kundiawa  164 9383
Lorengau  379 5806
Kerema  294 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.33
Azimuthal gap 84.84 °
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 PMG P 14:19:09.47 -0.85 167.76 4.2 Automatic
IU HNR P 14:21:27.74 0.08 107.74 14.19 Automatic
IU CTAO P 14:21:36.67 2.04 180.02 14.78 Automatic
II WRAB P 14:22:22.87 -1.02 217.3 18.65 Automatic
IU MBWA P 14:24:16.77 -0.4 235.88 30.21 Automatic
IU ULN P 14:28:36.57 1.97 331.67 63.32 Automatic
IU MA2 P 14:28:46.72 1.65 2.52 64.98 Automatic
IU BILL P 14:29:45.62 0.23 7.68 74.73 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 14:29:57.74 -0.29 320.7 76.8 Automatic
IU TIXI P 14:30:01.72 -1.07 354.47 77.78 Automatic
IU COLA P 14:30:38.57 -2.35 22.9 84.89 Automatic