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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/02/21 00:59
Universal datetime 2017/02/20 14:59
Latitude -4.71 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.34 ° ± 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  858 283733
Lae  738 76255
Honiara  898 56298
Arawa  298 40266
Mt. Hagen  1019 33623
Popondetta  719 28198
Madang  839 27419
Kimbe  366 18847
Goroka  894 18503
Kavieng  366 14490
Kundiawa  940 9383
Rabaul  144 8074
Gizo  538 6154
Lorengau  735 5806
Kerema  903 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.53
Azimuthal gap 104.6 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 15:00:56.22 1.73 232.23 7.72 Automatic
IU HNR P 15:01:01.74 2.23 126.13 8.08 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:02:56.2 -1.27 203.55 16.85 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:09:52.7 1.85 328.04 66.35 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:10:32.97 0 5.08 73.36 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:11:16.79 0.46 318.94 80.9 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:11:18.7 -1.83 21.54 81.67 Automatic
II KURK P 15:11:32.77 -0.21 322.12 84.1 Automatic
II NIL P 15:11:35.27 0.23 304.52 84.4 Automatic
II AAK P 15:11:39.2 0.96 313.58 85.05 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:11:35.52 -3.1 180.01 85.22 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:11:58.82 -1.03 323.37 89.61 Automatic