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Type Event
Magnitude 6.3 Mwp
Local datetime 2017/03/06 08:47
Universal datetime 2017/03/05 22:47
Latitude -6.17 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 149.28 ° ± 4 km
Depth 73 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  431 283733
Lae  260 76255
Arawa  696 40266
Mt. Hagen  561 33623
Popondetta  309 28198
Madang  401 27419
Mendi  623 26252
Kimbe  118 18847
Goroka  431 18503
Wewak  689 18230
Kavieng  432 14490
Kundiawa  478 9383
Rabaul  385 8074
Lorengau  508 5806
Kerema  427 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.52
Azimuthal gap 65.9 °
Number of stations used 29
Number of phases used 29

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:48:54.77 -0.3 212.81 3.85 Automatic
IU HNR P 22:50:34.4 0.25 107.86 11.06 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:51:13.97 -1.3 191.62 14.22 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:52:25.32 0.84 225.08 19.98 Automatic
IU GUMO P 22:52:27.57 1.11 347.53 20.24 Automatic
IU FUNA P 22:53:56.92 -1.44 96.39 29.76 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:54:02.97 -0.59 114.95 30.38 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:54:20.27 0.1 239.43 32.28 Automatic
II TAU P 22:55:00.57 2.99 182.39 36.78 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:55:54.62 -1.8 347.16 43.96 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:56:33.97 1.74 335.91 48.49 Automatic
II ERM P 22:56:34.72 2.71 353.93 48.51 Automatic
IU RAR P 22:56:56.82 0.11 112.28 51.48 Automatic
IU YSS P 22:57:09.50 0.46 354.47 53.44 Automatic
IU XMAS P 22:57:13.94 -0.22 82.91 53.83 Automatic
IU PET P 22:57:53.30 -0.42 6.51 59.72 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:58:32.92 -0.08 330.31 65.53 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:58:34.7 0.14 0.83 65.76 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:59:01.52 1.65 350.36 69.86 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:59:30.42 -1.41 6.55 75.22 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:59:53.2 0.15 353.57 78.95 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:59:54.72 -1.27 320.03 79.38 Automatic
II NIL P 23:00:08.52 -1.54 305.33 81.92 Automatic
II KURK P 23:00:12.52 -1.56 322.97 82.8 Automatic
II AAK P 23:00:15.52 -0.68 314.36 83.16 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:00:19.7 -0.15 180.01 83.76 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:00:19.37 -3.2 22.31 84.53 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:00:41.57 -0.23 323.83 88.39 Automatic
II PFO P 23:01:25.87 3.96 56.79 96.96 Automatic