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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/27 01:48
Universal datetime 2016/08/26 15:48
Latitude -8.64 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 146.81 ° ± 9 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  100 283733
Lae  212 76255
Mt. Hagen  420 33623
Popondetta  159 28198
Madang  395 27419
Mendi  446 26252
Kimbe  503 18847
Goroka  324 18503
Wewak  664 18230
Daru  397 15214
Kavieng  804 14490
Kundiawa  355 9383
Rabaul  767 8074
Lorengau  733 5806
Kerema  133 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.04
Azimuthal gap 157.29 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 15:51:20.42 1.28 182.63 11.46 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:52:25.57 -1.96 225.51 16.51 Automatic
IU DAV P 15:54:11.27 -1.05 305.96 26.36 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:54:21.77 2.14 275.91 27.1 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:56:57.2 -0.12 350.36 45.91 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:58:04.89 0.21 300.55 54.6 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:59:25.97 0.93 332.11 66.52 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:00:43.52 -0.31 320.98 79.74 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:00:52.7 -0.52 180 81.28 Automatic
II NIL P 16:00:53.7 -0.13 306.15 81.38 Automatic
II AAK P 16:01:03.2 0.81 315.1 83.16 Automatic
II KURK P 16:01:02.37 -0.41 323.71 83.33 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:01:23.67 -0.86 22.72 87.76 Automatic