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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/18 16:17
Universal datetime 2016/09/18 07:17
Latitude -2.01 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 140.34 ° ± 5 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  71 134895
Sorong  1015 125535
Lae  904 76255
Manokwari  709 53190
Nabire  556 43898
Mt. Hagen  606 33623
Madang  702 27419
Mendi  587 26252
Goroka  719 18503
Wewak  405 18230
Daru  848 15214
Vanimo  131 11204
Kundiawa  679 9383
Lorengau  772 5806
Kerema  895 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.57
Azimuthal gap 81.7 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 07:20:04.67 2.44 137.73 10.04 Automatic
IU GUMO P 07:21:27.2 1.57 15.95 16.23 Automatic
II WRAB P 07:21:55.97 -1.53 197.63 18.85 Automatic
IU CTAO P 07:21:59.17 0.22 162.68 18.98 Automatic
II KAPI P 07:22:23.62 3.98 261.13 20.76 Automatic
IU HNR P 07:22:19.72 -0.88 111.63 20.87 Automatic
IU MBWA P 07:23:26.39 -0.3 224.83 27.74 Automatic
IU MAJO P 07:24:59.12 -0.85 357.25 38.61 Automatic
IU INCN P 07:25:25.7 1.1 343.5 41.48 Automatic
IU CHTO P 07:25:59.89 0.46 299.02 45.7 Automatic
IU YSS P 07:26:25.15 1.57 2.19 49.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 07:27:27.17 -0.73 334.18 57.69 Automatic
IU MA2 P 07:27:58.7 -0.06 5.95 62.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 07:28:12.57 -1.7 354.49 64.55 Automatic
IU CASY P 07:28:34.7 -0.24 192.49 67.61 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 07:28:51.49 -1.49 321.83 70.53 Automatic
II NIL P 07:29:03.32 -0.65 306.4 72.26 Automatic
II AAK P 07:29:13.47 0 315.69 73.91 Automatic
IU TIXI P 07:29:16.77 3.6 356.26 74.02 Automatic
II KURK P 07:29:13.22 -1.51 324.58 74.17 Automatic
IU SBA P 07:29:30.59 -0.83 174.49 77.13 Automatic
II KDAK P 07:29:46.52 0.39 29.93 79.76 Automatic
II BRVK P 07:29:44.87 -1.7 324.97 79.81 Automatic
IU COLA P 07:30:07.27 -2.24 23.92 84.22 Automatic
II UOSS P 07:30:15.97 -1.27 295.22 85.53 Automatic
II RAYN P 07:31:03.52 0.68 293.44 95.23 Automatic