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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/01 18:55
Universal datetime 2016/09/01 08:55
Latitude -5.52 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.55 ° ± 7 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  826 283733
Lae  738 76255
Honiara  829 56298
Arawa  237 40266
Mt. Hagen  1034 33623
Popondetta  687 28198
Madang  861 27419
Kimbe  377 18847
Goroka  906 18503
Kavieng  445 14490
Kundiawa  953 9383
Rabaul  213 8074
Gizo  462 6154
Lorengau  796 5806
Kerema  893 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.61
Azimuthal gap 106.12 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 08:59:17.97 1.56 205.3 16.2 Automatic
IU TARA P 09:00:10.34 2.2 70.99 20.53 Automatic
II WRAB P 09:00:40.17 0.17 230.58 23.58 Automatic
IU CHTO P 09:05:31.19 1.58 295.84 59.02 Automatic
IU MA2 P 09:06:10.92 1.96 358.45 65.13 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:06:23.42 0.87 328.13 67.15 Automatic
IU SBA P 09:06:56.14 -0.62 177.11 72.66 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:07:46.72 -0.83 318.98 81.65 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:07:47.22 -3.45 21.45 82.35 Automatic
IU QSPA P 09:07:59.77 -2.1 180.01 84.41 Automatic
II KURK P 09:08:02.87 -1.23 322.13 84.87 Automatic
II NIL P 09:08:05.7 -0.4 304.56 85.03 Automatic
II AAK P 09:08:09.12 0.28 313.59 85.76 Automatic