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Type Event
Magnitude 7.6 Mwp
Local datetime 2017/01/22 15:30
Universal datetime 2017/01/22 04:30
Latitude -6.23 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 155.05 ° ± 3 km
Depth 164 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  937 283733
Lae  893 76255
Honiara  647 56298
Arawa  58 40266
Mt. Hagen  1199 33623
Popondetta  801 28198
Madang  1032 27419
Kimbe  548 18847
Goroka  1069 18503
Kavieng  619 14490
Kundiawa  1117 9383
Rabaul  392 8074
Gizo  286 6154
Lorengau  979 5806
Kerema  1034 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.35
Azimuthal gap 21.09 °
Number of stations used 55
Number of phases used 55

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 04:31:48.12 -1.86 123.77 5.82 Automatic
IU PMG P 04:32:26.37 1.68 247.38 8.43 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:34:05.42 1.35 210.81 16.28 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:34:38.62 -0.42 67.56 19.39 Automatic
II KWAJ P 04:34:41.17 0.89 39.94 19.57 Automatic
IU GUMO P 04:35:08.57 0.42 333.02 22.25 Automatic
IU FUNA P 04:35:24.79 -1.21 96.97 24.06 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:35:27.27 -0.66 233.75 24.32 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:35:34.52 -1.89 119.18 25.24 Automatic
IU WAKE P 04:36:01.39 1.74 23.89 27.96 Automatic
IU DAV P 04:36:40.34 1.61 293.88 32.27 Automatic
IU RAO P 04:36:54.84 -1.35 135.35 34.34 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:37:20.34 -1.4 242.87 37.28 Automatic
II TAU P 04:37:21.32 0.75 189.35 37.31 Automatic
IU SNZO P 04:37:36.62 -0.06 156.44 39.21 Automatic
IU JOHN P 04:38:00.14 0.79 56.25 41.88 Automatic
IU MIDW P 04:38:12.42 0.61 36.34 43.52 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:38:16.27 -0.82 227.69 44.09 Automatic
IU TATO P 04:38:25.72 0.65 315.04 45.15 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:38:26.2 -1.63 340.98 45.59 Automatic
IU RAR P 04:38:33.27 -0.78 113.56 46.17 Automatic
IU XMAS P 04:38:49.37 -0.14 81.61 48.15 Automatic
II ERM P 04:39:00.2 2.78 348.38 49.45 Automatic
IU INCN P 04:39:09.87 -0.31 330.97 51.11 Automatic
IU KIP P 04:39:30.72 0.47 57.58 53.69 Automatic
IU YSS P 04:39:32.60 -0.47 349.7 54.29 Automatic
IU POHA P 04:39:41.32 0.63 60.62 55.12 Automatic
IU PET P 04:40:08.20 -0.36 2.52 59.33 Automatic
IU ADK P 04:40:33.12 0.03 19.17 62.93 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:40:51.22 -0.95 357.63 65.89 Automatic
IU CASY P 04:41:02.77 0.17 197.79 67.39 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:41:09.7 -0.44 327.61 68.54 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:41:23.37 -0.77 347.73 71.01 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:41:31.47 1.35 177.42 71.88 Automatic
IU PTCN P 04:41:44.79 2.82 114.34 73.67 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:41:45.2 -1.06 4.39 74.73 Automatic
II PALK P 04:41:51.42 -0.46 279.21 75.38 Automatic
II KDAK P 04:41:56.77 -0.33 25.72 76.6 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:42:12.27 -1.85 351.88 79.74 Automatic
II DGAR P 04:42:29.2 1.42 263.37 81.89 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:42:26.67 -2.12 21.07 82.47 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:42:31.17 -1.78 318.74 83.16 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:42:34.72 -1.03 180.01 83.7 Automatic
II NIL P 04:42:48.97 -1.91 304.38 86.66 Automatic
II AAK P 04:42:52.62 -1.21 313.41 87.33 Automatic
IU COR P 04:43:02.52 3.34 44.82 88.47 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:43:11.92 -2.76 323.22 91.85 Automatic
II RPN P 04:43:18.62 1.51 117.58 92.13 Automatic
II PFO P 04:43:17.32 0.45 56.42 92.2 Automatic
IU TUC P 04:43:39.72 1.66 58.1 96.84 Automatic
IU SLBS P 04:43:40.47 1.17 66.82 97.07 Automatic
IU ANMO P 04:43:55.57 1.62 55.54 100.52 Automatic
IU RSSD P 04:44:00.87 -0.41 46.14 102.16 Automatic
II FFC P 04:44:02.67 -0.41 35.21 102.56 Automatic
II ABPO P 04:44:13.37 0.98 248.46 104.61 Automatic