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Type Event
Magnitude 6 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/15 18:03
Universal datetime 2016/10/15 08:03
Latitude -4.24 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 150.30 ° ± 3 km
Depth 451 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  673 283733
Lae  459 76255
Arawa  624 40266
Mt. Hagen  698 33623
Popondetta  550 28198
Madang  513 27419
Mendi  768 26252
Kimbe  146 18847
Goroka  582 18503
Wewak  744 18230
Kavieng  192 14490
Kundiawa  624 9383
Rabaul  204 8074
Lorengau  415 5806
Kerema  641 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.96
Azimuthal gap 33.93 °
Number of stations used 50
Number of phases used 50

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 08:05:13.77 0.37 210.96 6.04 Automatic
IU HNR P 08:06:04.37 -1.41 119.02 10.89 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:07:03.47 0.17 193.64 16.33 Automatic
IU GUMO P 08:07:27.12 0.77 343.25 18.63 Automatic
II KWAJ P 08:07:54.12 -0.58 52.91 21.63 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:07:58.17 -0.43 223.39 22.08 Automatic
IU TARA P 08:08:09.24 -0.81 76.58 23.28 Automatic
IU WAKE P 08:08:54.29 -0.81 33.84 28.5 Automatic
IU FUNA P 08:09:00.44 -0.42 99.96 29.02 Automatic
II MSVF P 08:09:11.67 -0.28 118.59 30.33 Automatic
II KAPI P 08:09:13.77 0.37 267.31 30.46 Automatic
IU MBWA P 08:09:43.27 -1.36 237.63 34.17 Automatic
IU AFI P 08:10:23.27 1.35 107.07 38.61 Automatic
II TAU P 08:10:23.2 1.57 183.49 38.76 Automatic
IU TATO P 08:10:37.37 1.58 317.68 40.45 Automatic
IU NWAO P 08:10:49.12 -0.26 223.06 42.13 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:10:48.97 -0.89 345.52 42.32 Automatic
IU SNZO P 08:10:56.97 0.94 152.95 43.03 Automatic
IU JOHN P 08:11:13.94 2.5 61.09 44.88 Automatic
IU MIDW P 08:11:10.92 -0.38 41.83 44.96 Automatic
II ERM P 08:11:24.42 0.63 352.7 46.71 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:11:28.77 1.09 334.24 47.17 Automatic
IU YSS P 08:12:00.40 -0.01 353.44 51.63 Automatic
IU KIP P 08:12:38.32 0 60.88 56.73 Automatic
IU PET P 08:12:43.10 -0.17 5.93 57.69 Automatic
IU POHA P 08:12:49.87 0.23 63.66 58.36 Automatic
IU ADK P 08:13:17.2 -0.28 22.23 62.74 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:13:23.62 -0.35 0.26 63.81 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:13:29.27 1.16 329.35 64.37 Automatic
IU CASY P 08:13:48.97 -1.47 196.12 67.91 Automatic
IU YAK P 08:13:51.17 -0.03 349.75 68.13 Automatic
II PALK P 08:14:07.32 0.37 279.27 70.4 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:14:21.7 -0.21 6.23 73.18 Automatic
IU SBA P 08:14:27.34 0.13 176.45 74.12 Automatic
II KDAK P 08:14:42.57 -0.24 27.36 76.93 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:14:42.27 -1.4 353.22 77.15 Automatic
II DGAR P 08:14:47.77 0.58 263.34 77.43 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:14:52.17 0.03 319.54 78.57 Automatic
II KURK P 08:15:08.97 -0.51 322.61 81.88 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:15:09.67 -1.85 22.19 82.36 Automatic
II AAK P 08:15:13.82 0.69 314.01 82.54 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:15:35.37 -1.38 323.66 87.43 Automatic
II PFO P 08:16:12.32 -0.09 56.59 95.04 Automatic
II UOSS P 08:16:13.12 -1.55 294.69 95.5 Automatic
IU TUC P 08:16:34.82 1.18 57.92 99.79 Automatic
IU ANMO P 08:16:50.12 1.46 55.06 103.27 Automatic
II LVZ P 08:16:47.47 -1.67 339.6 103.35 Automatic
II FFC P 08:16:50.97 0.65 34.47 103.63 Automatic
IU RSSD P 08:16:52.47 -0.2 45.47 104.16 Automatic
IU KEV P 08:16:57.77 1.27 342.58 105 Automatic