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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/21 11:52
Universal datetime 2017/01/21 01:52
Latitude -4.89 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 152.16 ° ± 12 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  746 283733
Lae  608 76255
Arawa  406 40266
Mt. Hagen  887 33623
Popondetta  609 28198
Madang  708 27419
Mendi  954 26252
Kimbe  235 18847
Goroka  762 18503
Kavieng  296 14490
Kundiawa  808 9383
Rabaul  75 8074
Gizo  627 6154
Lorengau  627 5806
Kerema  776 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.34
Azimuthal gap 158.23 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:54:09.67 2.06 227.39 6.71 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:56:18.22 1.56 200.2 16.25 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:57:30.82 -2.43 227.49 22.94 Automatic
IU MBWA P 01:59:23.24 -2.03 239.67 35.41 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:03:15.97 1.78 328.62 65.88 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:04:02.67 1.03 5.52 73.64 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:04:39.94 0.04 319.21 80.27 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:04:49.2 -1.03 21.78 82.27 Automatic
II KURK P 02:04:57.7 0.07 322.33 83.52 Automatic
II NIL P 02:04:57.22 -0.4 304.71 83.53 Automatic
II AAK P 02:05:01.97 0.59 313.76 84.33 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:05:04.27 -0.5 180.01 85.04 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:05:23.47 -0.75 323.48 89.05 Automatic