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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/12 04:35
Universal datetime 2017/01/11 18:35
Latitude -5.40 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 148.58 ° ± 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  475 283733
Lae  230 76255
Mt. Hagen  486 33623
Popondetta  375 28198
Madang  311 27419
Mendi  553 26252
Kimbe  174 18847
Goroka  362 18503
Wewak  586 18230
Daru  719 15214
Kavieng  398 14490
Kundiawa  407 9383
Rabaul  416 8074
Lorengau  399 5806
Kerema  413 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.02
Azimuthal gap 87.93 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:36:38.72 3.63 199.31 4.25 Automatic
IU HNR P 18:38:22.9 0.74 110.4 11.97 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:39:00.57 0.79 188.55 14.86 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:40:03.7 -0.54 222.32 20.07 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:41:56.87 -1 237.88 32.1 Automatic
II TAU P 18:42:39.47 -3.92 181.52 37.53 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:43:31.17 2.35 347.76 43.05 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:46:08.32 1.73 330.48 64.52 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:46:37.2 2.3 350.63 68.98 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:47:08.32 0.09 6.83 74.53 Automatic
IU TIXI P 18:47:29.17 0.52 353.76 78.11 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:47:29.79 -0.94 320.1 78.35 Automatic
II NIL P 18:47:42.82 -2.37 305.37 80.91 Automatic
II KURK P 18:47:48.87 -0.31 323.06 81.77 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:47:57.77 -3.06 22.47 84.08 Automatic