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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/02 03:22
Universal datetime 2016/09/01 16:22
Latitude -6.11 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 154.62 ° ± 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  899 283733
Lae  847 76255
Honiara  694 56298
Arawa  106 40266
Mt. Hagen  1152 33623
Popondetta  762 28198
Madang  983 27419
Kimbe  499 18847
Goroka  1022 18503
Kavieng  575 14490
Kundiawa  1069 9383
Rabaul  346 8074
Gizo  330 6154
Lorengau  931 5806
Kerema  991 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 118.02 °
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 HNR P 16:24:04.32 1.59 122.58 6.24 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:27:46.67 0.92 233.01 24.05 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:29:40.59 0.57 242.51 36.96 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:32:40.59 1.5 295.77 60.23 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:33:13.67 -0.41 357.86 65.75 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:33:31.32 0.95 327.78 68.21 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:33:46.97 1.05 347.91 70.8 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:33:53.62 -0.47 177.33 72.02 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:34:08.27 -0.53 4.56 74.64 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:34:54.2 -0.61 318.82 82.79 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:34:57.17 -2.87 180.01 83.82 Automatic
II KURK P 16:35:11.12 0.35 321.99 85.99 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:35:34.92 -2.02 323.25 91.49 Automatic