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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/02 12:50
Universal datetime 2016/10/02 01:50
Latitude -6.46 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 155.41 ° ± 3 km
Depth 134 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  965 283733
Lae  931 76255
Honiara  599 56298
Arawa  31 40266
Mt. Hagen  1240 33623
Popondetta  830 28198
Madang  1074 27419
Kimbe  592 18847
Goroka  1110 18503
Kavieng  667 14490
Kundiawa  1157 9383
Rabaul  440 8074
Gizo  240 6154
Lorengau  1027 5806
Kerema  1069 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.02
Azimuthal gap 32.91 °
Number of stations used 29
Number of phases used 29

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 01:51:57.24 -0.84 123.78 5.39 Automatic
IU PMG P 01:52:43.47 1.09 249.67 8.68 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:54:21.7 1.27 212.24 16.26 Automatic
IU TARA P 01:54:52.69 -0.01 66.5 19.15 Automatic
IU FUNA P 01:55:38.74 -0.58 96.5 23.67 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:55:45.27 -0.91 234.6 24.47 Automatic
II MSVF P 01:55:48.87 -0.49 119.07 24.81 Automatic
IU AFI P 01:57:02.17 -1.03 105.61 33.11 Automatic
II KAPI P 01:57:22.87 -1.04 270.42 35.5 Automatic
II TAU P 01:57:36.97 0.85 189.83 37.14 Automatic
IU MBWA P 01:57:38.74 -1.8 243.32 37.5 Automatic
IU SNZO P 01:57:50.37 -0.34 156.69 38.85 Automatic
IU MAJO P 01:58:45.57 -1.83 340.69 45.93 Automatic
IU INCN P 01:59:31.2 0.84 330.77 51.49 Automatic
IU KIP P 01:59:47.87 1.73 57.25 53.51 Automatic
IU YSS P 01:59:52.95 0.54 349.43 54.59 Automatic
IU POHA P 01:59:57.22 0.75 60.31 54.92 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:00:39.89 0.16 295.68 61.1 Automatic
IU ADK P 02:00:51.32 0.25 18.91 63.04 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:01:11.47 0.37 357.43 66.14 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:01:19.67 0.41 197.92 67.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:01:29.72 0.41 327.5 68.93 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:01:43.37 0 347.59 71.31 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:01:46.54 0.51 177.5 71.63 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:02:44.62 -2.12 20.98 82.56 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:02:51.74 -0.82 318.69 83.58 Automatic
II PFO P 02:03:33.77 0.13 56.4 92.03 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:04:13.2 2.24 55.58 100.35 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:04:18.67 0.26 46.19 102.07 Automatic