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Type Event
Magnitude 6.3 Mwp
Local datetime 2016/08/31 13:11
Universal datetime 2016/08/31 03:11
Latitude -3.65 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 152.74 ° ± 3 km
Depth 477 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  889 283733
Lae  723 76255
Arawa  424 40266
Mt. Hagen  977 33623
Popondetta  754 28198
Madang  792 27419
Kimbe  357 18847
Goroka  859 18503
Wewak  1012 18230
Kavieng  245 14490
Kundiawa  902 9383
Rabaul  91 8074
Gizo  669 6154
Lorengau  633 5806
Kerema  899 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.16
Azimuthal gap 24.54 °
Number of stations used 54
Number of phases used 54

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 03:13:43.74 0.43 129.34 9.21 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:15:11.27 -0.06 200.53 17.62 Automatic
IU GUMO P 03:15:23.32 -0.41 335.76 18.92 Automatic
II KWAJ P 03:15:28.12 -0.15 49.91 19.36 Automatic
IU TARA P 03:15:40.67 -0.96 76.43 20.78 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:16:11.42 -0.55 226.28 24.22 Automatic
IU WAKE P 03:16:34.32 0.9 30.33 26.7 Automatic
IU FUNA P 03:16:34.7 -0.9 101.75 26.74 Automatic
II MSVF P 03:16:49.97 -0.23 121.49 28.52 Automatic
IU DAV P 03:16:59.19 3.31 291.56 29.15 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:17:28.57 -0.01 266.4 32.92 Automatic
IU AFI P 03:17:57.67 -0.57 108.6 36.47 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:17:56.97 -1.54 238.57 36.54 Automatic
IU RAO P 03:18:08.87 0.52 135.78 37.79 Automatic
II TAU P 03:18:22.2 0.22 186.24 39.56 Automatic
IU TATO P 03:18:40.27 0.5 315.03 41.7 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:18:42.97 -1.6 342.6 42.42 Automatic
IU JOHN P 03:18:46.82 0.42 60.21 42.47 Automatic
IU SNZO P 03:18:45.12 -0.5 155.43 42.5 Automatic
IU MIDW P 03:18:50.12 0.97 40.15 42.91 Automatic
IU NWAO P 03:19:00.97 1.17 224.33 44.23 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:19:26.12 0.24 331.84 47.75 Automatic
IU RAR P 03:19:38.87 -0.28 115.04 49.33 Automatic
IU XMAS P 03:19:44.97 -0.25 84.27 50.11 Automatic
IU YSS P 03:19:52.20 -0.03 351.29 51.37 Automatic
IU KIP P 03:20:15.17 0.11 60.25 54.32 Automatic
IU POHA P 03:20:26.87 0.45 63.12 55.92 Automatic
IU PET P 03:20:30.100 -0.35 4.24 56.89 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:20:37.27 -0.04 295.08 57.49 Automatic
IU ADK P 03:21:01.67 0.32 20.98 61.29 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:21:13.12 -0.69 358.88 63.24 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:21:26.67 0.16 328.05 65.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:21:43.52 -0.42 348.57 68.01 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:21:50.2 -1.52 196.81 69.17 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:22:09.42 -0.45 5.33 72.35 Automatic
II PALK P 03:22:13.97 0.02 278.78 72.71 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:22:22.84 -0.27 176.97 74.57 Automatic
II KDAK P 03:22:26.62 -0.48 26.72 75.29 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:22:34.12 -1.38 352.48 76.87 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:22:50.72 -0.89 318.94 79.71 Automatic
II DGAR P 03:22:57.27 3.43 263.11 79.91 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:22:55.62 -1.7 21.72 80.9 Automatic
II KURK P 03:23:06.57 -1.42 322.14 82.9 Automatic
II NIL P 03:23:09.62 -0.98 304.51 83.31 Automatic
II AAK P 03:23:12.82 -0.41 313.59 83.89 Automatic
IU COR P 03:23:35.42 1.22 45.12 88.27 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:23:32.37 -2.22 323.41 88.4 Automatic
II PFO P 03:23:54.52 -0.42 56.48 92.68 Automatic
IU TUC P 03:24:17.42 1.12 57.87 97.42 Automatic
II UOSS P 03:24:15.92 -0.74 294.7 97.46 Automatic
IU SLBS P 03:24:22.57 2.79 66.58 98.16 Automatic
IU ANMO P 03:24:33.17 1.66 55.09 100.94 Automatic
IU RSSD P 03:24:36.22 -0.11 45.6 102.01 Automatic
II LVZ P 03:24:46.22 2.56 340.03 103.64 Automatic