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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/18 17:53
Universal datetime 2016/08/18 07:53
Latitude -6.00 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 149.79 ° ± 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  478 283733
Lae  320 76255
Arawa  640 40266
Mt. Hagen  617 33623
Popondetta  350 28198
Madang  452 27419
Mendi  680 26252
Kimbe  63 18847
Goroka  487 18503
Wewak  734 18230
Kavieng  395 14490
Kundiawa  535 9383
Rabaul  328 8074
Lorengau  520 5806
Kerema  486 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.35
Azimuthal gap 77.84 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 07:57:24.12 0.78 193.37 14.5 Automatic
IU TARA P 07:59:14.32 -1.99 73.06 24.24 Automatic
II MSVF P 08:00:10.92 3.01 115.53 29.99 Automatic
IU MBWA P 08:00:31.44 -1.15 239.55 32.81 Automatic
IU AFI P 08:01:21.62 -1.13 104.81 38.62 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:02:03.47 -0.68 346.55 43.91 Automatic
IU XMAS P 08:03:18.34 -0.31 82.93 53.3 Automatic
IU YSS P 08:03:18.40 1.87 354.02 53.32 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:04:43.37 1.06 330.01 65.64 Automatic
IU CASY P 08:04:44.47 -1.05 196.17 66.08 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:06:05.57 -0.37 319.88 79.58 Automatic
II NIL P 08:06:19.12 -1.53 305.22 82.24 Automatic
II AAK P 08:06:27.82 1.41 314.25 83.4 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:06:29.32 -0.43 22.21 84.18 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:06:52.12 0.52 323.76 88.55 Automatic