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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/28 15:26
Universal datetime 2016/10/28 05:26
Latitude -4.53 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.19 ° ± 6 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  858 283733
Lae  728 76255
Honiara  923 56298
Arawa  323 40266
Mt. Hagen  1005 33623
Popondetta  719 28198
Madang  825 27419
Kimbe  356 18847
Goroka  882 18503
Kavieng  341 14490
Kundiawa  927 9383
Rabaul  122 8074
Gizo  564 6154
Lorengau  713 5806
Kerema  896 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.01
Azimuthal gap 103.23 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 05:28:47.7 2.95 230.53 7.71 Automatic
IU CTAO P 05:30:47.92 -0.4 202.88 16.96 Automatic
IU GUMO P 05:31:26.92 4.14 335.61 19.92 Automatic
IU TARA P 05:31:33.39 2.3 73.82 20.58 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:32:04.17 -1.76 228.38 23.94 Automatic
II KAPI P 05:33:28.42 -1.9 267.77 33.32 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:33:54.84 -2.23 239.88 36.47 Automatic
IU TATO P 05:34:48.57 0.75 315.34 42.65 Automatic
IU MAJO P 05:34:51.87 -1.18 342.4 43.4 Automatic
IU NWAO P 05:35:02.37 4 225.27 43.92 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:35:36.27 0.88 331.83 48.74 Automatic
IU MA2 P 05:37:24.67 -0.24 358.64 64.14 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:38:21.17 -0.52 5.14 73.19 Automatic
II PALK P 05:38:23.27 -1 279 73.29 Automatic
IU SBA P 05:38:24.44 -0.63 177.05 73.67 Automatic
IU TIXI P 05:38:46.77 -1.55 352.37 77.81 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:39:06.67 -2.34 21.58 81.56 Automatic
II KURK P 05:39:20.22 -1.28 322.13 83.87 Automatic