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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/18 11:57
Universal datetime 2017/03/18 00:57
Latitude -7.80 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 160.89 ° ± 7 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  1518 283733
Lae  1539 76255
Honiara  208 56298
Arawa  613 40266
Port Vila  1363 35901
Tarawa  1684 28802
Popondetta  1396 28198
Madang  1694 27419
Kimbe  1214 18847
Kavieng  1257 14490
Luganville  1094 13397
Rabaul  1046 8074
Gizo  448 6154
Lorengau  1638 5806
Kerema  1660 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.11
Azimuthal gap 87.08 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 00:58:21.2 -0.83 209.48 1.88 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:02:09.87 1.38 227.56 18.75 Automatic
II MSVF P 01:02:18.67 2.25 122.41 19.45 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:03:43.2 -1.51 241.96 28.4 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:09:21.17 2.03 325.51 73.05 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:09:36.32 0.79 2.14 75.97 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:10:09.7 0.5 19.54 81.93 Automatic
IU TIXI P 01:10:10.47 0.66 350.29 82.19 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:10:40.87 0.14 317.78 88.2 Automatic
IU ANMO P 01:11:14.67 -5.41 55.52 96.62 Automatic