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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/28 01:03
Universal datetime 2016/05/27 15:03
Latitude -4.96 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 152.28 ° ± 6 km
Depth 109 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  751 283733
Lae  618 76255
Arawa  390 40266
Mt. Hagen  899 33623
Popondetta  614 28198
Madang  721 27419
Mendi  966 26252
Kimbe  246 18847
Goroka  774 18503
Kavieng  309 14490
Kundiawa  820 9383
Rabaul  84 8074
Gizo  612 6154
Lorengau  643 5806
Kerema  785 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.38
Azimuthal gap 103.35 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 15:05:25.17 -1.59 228.51 6.75 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:07:33.92 2.86 200.66 16.23 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:08:13.47 0.69 338.44 19.95 Automatic
IU TARA P 15:08:31.17 -0.06 73.5 21.56 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:08:43.72 -1.63 227.79 22.99 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:10:34.97 -1.34 239.83 35.48 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:11:43.62 2.08 343.52 43.54 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:12:22.97 0.78 332.78 48.69 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:13:29.44 0.23 295.99 57.64 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:14:26.32 2.11 328.58 66.01 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:15:10.52 1.3 176.85 73.29 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:15:09.82 -1.15 5.47 73.7 Automatic
II KDAK P 15:15:27.2 -1.46 26.71 76.67 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:15:35.47 -0.69 352.65 78.11 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:15:48.87 -0.56 319.19 80.4 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:15:56.47 -2.43 21.75 82.29 Automatic
II KURK P 15:16:05.52 -0.86 322.31 83.65 Automatic
II NIL P 15:16:06.52 -0.53 304.7 83.67 Automatic
II AAK P 15:16:12.72 1.95 313.75 84.46 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:16:13.27 0.16 180.01 84.97 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:16:33.12 -0.28 323.47 89.18 Automatic
IU RSSD P 15:17:37.72 0.42 45.77 103.26 Automatic