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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/29 09:12
Universal datetime 2017/01/28 23:12
Latitude -3.30 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 148.49 ° ± 15 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  696 283733
Lae  414 76255
Mt. Hagen  552 33623
Popondetta  605 28198
Madang  368 27419
Mendi  622 26252
Kimbe  309 18847
Goroka  461 18503
Wewak  540 18230
Kavieng  271 14490
Vanimo  802 11204
Kundiawa  494 9383
Rabaul  418 8074
Lorengau  195 5806
Kerema  589 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.71
Azimuthal gap 169.56 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 23:13:52.27 0.5 192.15 6.24 Automatic
II WRAB P 23:17:10.27 0.77 218.57 21.6 Automatic
IU INCN P 23:20:42.97 4.32 335.55 45.56 Automatic
IU MA2 P 23:22:45.12 0.16 1.3 62.91 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:23:49.72 4.12 6.94 72.47 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:24:10.19 -0.79 319.83 76.68 Automatic
II NIL P 23:24:29.17 1.35 305.09 79.63 Automatic
II KURK P 23:24:26.97 -2.54 322.87 80.04 Automatic
II AAK P 23:24:32.57 -0.19 314.21 80.59 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:24:38.42 -2.16 22.59 82.19 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:24:52.92 -5.55 323.84 85.61 Automatic