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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/20 15:24
Universal datetime 2017/03/20 04:24
Latitude -8.01 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 160.58 ° ± 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  1482 283733
Lae  1507 76255
Honiara  172 56298
Arawa  588 40266
Port Vila  1364 35901
Popondetta  1361 28198
Madang  1665 27419
Kimbe  1185 18847
Goroka  1692 18503
Kavieng  1238 14490
Luganville  1098 13397
Rabaul  1024 8074
Gizo  413 6154
Lorengau  1616 5806
Kerema  1625 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.52
Azimuthal gap 75.75 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 04:25:02.32 1.27 203.65 1.56 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:28:14.62 3.02 53.26 15.47 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:29:00.27 -1.66 121.49 19.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:30:25.17 0 242.08 28.04 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:33:22.47 1.57 336.19 49.26 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:36:03.77 0.73 325.67 73.05 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:36:09.67 1.47 345.49 74.01 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:36:19.12 -1.57 2.26 76.19 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:36:54.12 0.79 180.02 81.92 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:36:51.27 -2.78 19.61 82.23 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:36:53.32 -1.2 350.38 82.35 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:37:23.62 -0.77 317.83 88.15 Automatic
II KURK P 04:37:37.62 -0.79 321.17 91.16 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:38:03.17 -0.07 322.77 96.57 Automatic