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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/28 16:23
Universal datetime 2016/08/28 07:23
Latitude -2.77 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 138.34 ° ± 4 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
Jayapura  264 134895
Sorong  813 125535
Manokwari  519 53190
Amahai  1047 47653
Nabire  321 43898
Mt. Hagen  737 33623
Madang  870 27419
Mendi  697 26252
Goroka  864 18503
Wewak  595 18230
Daru  886 15214
Vanimo  330 11204
Kundiawa  818 9383
Lorengau  998 5806
Kerema  1008 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.29
Azimuthal gap 42.7 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU GUMO P 07:27:55.12 2.58 21.45 17.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 07:27:50.57 -2.03 192.46 17.6 Automatic
IU CTAO P 07:28:08.17 -0.67 156.55 18.97 Automatic
IU HNR P 07:28:50.72 2.74 108.21 22.48 Automatic
IU MBWA P 07:29:19.19 -0.02 223.11 25.81 Automatic
II KWAJ P 07:30:07.32 -2.22 68.08 31.39 Automatic
IU TATO P 07:30:17.52 2.09 330.47 32.2 Automatic
IU MAJO P 07:31:15.2 -0.76 359.83 39.31 Automatic
II TAU P 07:31:32.62 3.14 169.95 40.93 Automatic
IU INCN P 07:31:36.52 1.01 345.98 41.69 Automatic
II MSVF P 07:31:38.32 0.87 113.85 41.71 Automatic
IU CHTO P 07:31:59.29 0.77 300.75 44.35 Automatic
IU YSS P 07:32:39.25 -0.84 3.95 49.88 Automatic
IU ULN P 07:33:37.17 0.55 335.61 57.53 Automatic
IU PET P 07:33:41.95 -0.13 14.2 58.34 Automatic
II PALK P 07:33:45.92 1.51 280.29 58.38 Automatic
IU MA2 P 07:34:14.42 -0.17 7.02 63.11 Automatic
IU YAK P 07:34:27.42 -0.54 355.54 65.13 Automatic
IU CASY P 07:34:35.97 -0.91 191.81 66.45 Automatic
IU ADK P 07:34:36.47 -1.02 28.4 66.54 Automatic
IU KIP P 07:34:39.32 -0.66 65.24 66.73 Automatic
IU POHA P 07:34:52.2 -0.16 67.53 68.65 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 07:34:58.69 -0.32 322.64 69.91 Automatic
II NIL P 07:35:06.87 -0.06 307.08 71.11 Automatic
II AAK P 07:35:18.82 0.44 316.35 73.07 Automatic
II KURK P 07:35:20.72 -0.78 325.26 73.65 Automatic
IU TIXI P 07:35:26.22 -0.57 356.92 74.66 Automatic
IU SBA P 07:35:38.42 0.14 174.09 76.58 Automatic
II BRVK P 07:35:53.12 -0.51 325.44 79.29 Automatic
II KDAK P 07:36:04.17 -0.77 30.24 81.41 Automatic
II UOSS P 07:36:18.97 -0.72 295.44 84.05 Automatic
IU COLA P 07:36:24.92 -2.07 24.14 85.72 Automatic
II ABPO P 07:36:50.82 1.3 250.95 90.15 Automatic
II RAYN P 07:37:04.57 -1.19 293.41 93.7 Automatic