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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/23 13:56
Universal datetime 2016/09/23 02:56
Latitude -7.35 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 156.13 ° ± 4 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  1012 283733
Lae  1012 76255
Honiara  480 56298
Arawa  139 40266
Mt. Hagen  1327 33623
Popondetta  883 28198
Madang  1168 27419
Kimbe  691 18847
Goroka  1196 18503
Kavieng  791 14490
Kundiawa  1244 9383
Rabaul  562 8074
Gizo  114 6154
Lorengau  1144 5806
Kerema  1137 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.49
Azimuthal gap 59.25 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 02:57:48.44 0.55 119.23 4.32 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:00:27.57 1.65 215.92 15.93 Automatic
IU TARA P 03:01:05.87 3.26 63.21 18.88 Automatic
IU FUNA P 03:01:45.97 -0.19 94.53 22.87 Automatic
II MSVF P 03:01:52.72 -2.05 118.02 23.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:02:02.2 -0.18 236.99 24.57 Automatic
IU AFI P 03:03:09.7 -1.56 104.49 32.18 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:03:46.42 0.68 271.54 36.23 Automatic
II TAU P 03:03:46.12 0.59 190.9 36.4 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:05:57.2 2.1 330.53 52.61 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:07:03.32 -0.22 295.85 62.13 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:07:58.9 0.24 177.64 70.72 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:08:27.77 0.92 3.96 75.77 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:09:15.32 -0.73 318.61 84.71 Automatic
II KURK P 03:09:29.57 -2.04 321.79 87.89 Automatic
II AAK P 03:09:36.2 -0.55 313.29 88.88 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:09:54.77 -2.47 323.1 93.39 Automatic