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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/18 13:17
Universal datetime 2017/03/18 02:17
Latitude -8.05 ° ± 10 km
Longitude 161.18 ° ± 12 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  1547 283733
Nouméa  1670 93060
Lae  1574 76255
Honiara  205 56298
Arawa  652 40266
Port Vila  1321 35901
Tarawa  1674 28802
Popondetta  1427 28198
Kimbe  1251 18847
Kavieng  1299 14490
Luganville  1052 13397
Rabaul  1087 8074
Gizo  479 6154
Lorengau  1679 5806
Kerema  1692 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.06
Azimuthal gap 201.83 °
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 HNR P 02:17:59.49 0.83 221.28 1.85 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:20:46.12 1.45 263.38 13.93 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:21:47.57 1.19 228.64 18.8 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:23:21.17 -1.94 242.58 28.55 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:25:11.52 -1.25 271.57 41.26 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:25:17.39 -1.63 247.2 42.04 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:28:59.22 0.59 325.44 73.42 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:29:14.72 0.54 2.02 76.21 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:29:47.7 0.49 19.45 82.07 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:29:48.62 -0.02 350.22 82.49 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:30:19.32 -0.5 317.74 88.58 Automatic
II KURK P 02:30:33.92 0.24 321.09 91.56 Automatic