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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/03 20:49
Universal datetime 2017/01/03 10:49
Latitude -8.09 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 147.97 ° ± 13 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  174 283733
Lae  185 76255
Mt. Hagen  483 33623
Popondetta  81 28198
Madang  399 27419
Mendi  524 26252
Kimbe  370 18847
Goroka  362 18503
Wewak  695 18230
Daru  534 15214
Kavieng  686 14490
Kundiawa  404 9383
Rabaul  631 8074
Lorengau  675 5806
Kerema  236 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 173.03 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 10:50:00.62 1.32 211.43 1.54 Automatic
IU CTAO P 10:52:25.32 1.33 187.71 12.11 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:53:38.22 -0.46 226.65 17.72 Automatic
IU MAJO P 10:57:51.17 0.69 349 45.57 Automatic
IU YSS P 10:59:07.25 3.62 355.67 55.25 Automatic
IU ULN P 11:00:21.77 0.34 331.39 66.58 Automatic
IU MA2 P 11:00:28.62 0.52 1.53 67.71 Automatic
IU YAK P 11:00:51.67 -0.28 351.07 71.55 Automatic
IU BILL P 11:01:25.22 -0.24 6.97 77.28 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 11:01:40.49 -0.97 320.59 80.04 Automatic
IU TIXI P 11:01:43.92 -0.5 354 80.73 Automatic
IU QSPA P 11:01:48.82 -2.61 180 81.84 Automatic
II NIL P 11:01:51.87 -0.53 305.82 81.99 Automatic
II AAK P 11:01:59.97 -0.43 314.79 83.58 Automatic
II BRVK P 11:02:25.82 -1.8 324.04 89.18 Automatic