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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/11 02:08
Universal datetime 2016/09/10 16:08
Latitude -5.64 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 149.57 ° ± 12 km
Depth 150 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  498 283733
Lae  310 76255
Arawa  667 40266
Mt. Hagen  593 33623
Popondetta  375 28198
Madang  422 27419
Mendi  658 26252
Kimbe  65 18847
Goroka  466 18503
Wewak  697 18230
Kavieng  365 14490
Kundiawa  512 9383
Rabaul  327 8074
Lorengau  473 5806
Kerema  484 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.43
Azimuthal gap 153.99 °
Number of stations used 19
Number of phases used 19

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:09:25.77 -0.75 212.21 4.46 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:11:42.7 0.61 192.26 14.8 Automatic
IU GUMO P 16:12:39.57 1.64 346.4 19.79 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:14:38.19 -1.23 238.92 32.8 Automatic
IU TATO P 16:15:48.52 0.63 319.46 41.02 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:16:06.97 -0.23 346.71 43.51 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:16:44.2 0.35 335.45 48.13 Automatic
IU PET P 16:18:02.70 -1.02 6.35 59.17 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:18:45.22 0.57 330.04 65.21 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:18:43.87 -0.3 0.67 65.22 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:18:51.57 -0.77 196.05 66.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:19:10.77 0.24 350.19 69.38 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:19:35.24 3.53 176.27 72.77 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:19:41.22 -0.83 6.46 74.66 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:20:06.2 2.51 353.47 78.46 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:20:08.2 -0.11 319.89 79.16 Automatic
II KURK P 16:20:24.97 -1.09 322.87 82.55 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:20:29.62 -3.14 22.27 83.93 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:20:34.47 -0.61 180.01 84.29 Automatic