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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/12 13:21
Universal datetime 2016/10/12 03:21
Latitude -5.19 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.20 ° ± 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
Port Moresby  815 283733
Lae  709 76255
Honiara  881 56298
Arawa  286 40266
Mt. Hagen  998 33623
Popondetta  676 28198
Madang  822 27419
Kimbe  341 18847
Goroka  872 18503
Kavieng  392 14490
Kundiawa  918 9383
Rabaul  160 8074
Gizo  515 6154
Lorengau  745 5806
Kerema  869 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.59
Azimuthal gap 54.22 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 03:23:14.97 2.53 234.52 7.33 Automatic
IU HNR P 03:23:21.32 0.67 122.83 7.92 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:25:15.42 1.02 203.79 16.36 Automatic
IU GUMO P 03:26:05.67 2.81 336.3 20.52 Automatic
IU TARA P 03:26:10.12 3.56 72.15 20.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:26:34.87 -0.58 229.53 23.52 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:28:05.17 1.33 268.76 33.32 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:28:26.97 -1.04 240.66 36.16 Automatic
II TAU P 03:28:43.42 0.48 186.99 38.08 Automatic
IU NWAO P 03:29:27.12 -1.25 225.77 43.47 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:29:30.37 -1.27 342.59 44.03 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:30:14.22 0.81 332.08 49.32 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:32:01.92 -0.82 358.64 64.79 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:32:16.32 0.73 328.21 66.68 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:32:20.92 -2.2 197.12 67.83 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:32:34.7 0.54 348.48 69.61 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:32:53.57 -1.25 177.04 73.01 Automatic
II PALK P 03:32:59.32 0.8 279.19 73.4 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:32:57.92 -1.14 5.11 73.84 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:33:41.34 0.32 319.02 81.17 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:33:42.7 -3.66 21.54 82.16 Automatic
II KURK P 03:33:56.87 -0.84 322.17 84.4 Automatic
II NIL P 03:33:58.92 -0.18 304.58 84.56 Automatic
II AAK P 03:34:02.82 0.36 313.63 85.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:34:22.77 -1.73 323.39 89.91 Automatic