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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/20 16:33
Universal datetime 2017/03/20 06:33
Latitude -5.08 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 143.42 ° ± 8 km
Depth 85 km (from location) ± 16 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  639 283733
Jayapura  414 134895
Lae  435 76255
Mt. Hagen  123 33623
Popondetta  671 28198
Madang  262 27419
Mendi  120 26252
Kimbe  747 18847
Goroka  244 18503
Wewak  171 18230
Daru  446 15214
Vanimo  354 11204
Kundiawa  200 9383
Lorengau  546 5806
Kerema  413 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.8
Azimuthal gap 96.47 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 06:34:55.72 -2.85 139.58 5.69 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:37:10.17 3.79 169.84 15.25 Automatic
IU HNR P 06:37:31.7 2.31 105.83 16.96 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:37:30.27 -1.33 209.92 17.27 Automatic
IU MAJO P 06:41:16.67 -0.44 353.72 41.92 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:43:47.22 1.69 333.17 61.81 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:45:08.29 0.7 321.48 74.85 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:45:06.82 -0.41 8.71 74.92 Automatic
II NIL P 06:45:19.2 1.13 306.39 76.56 Automatic
IU TIXI P 06:45:19.82 -1.03 355.34 77.31 Automatic
II KURK P 06:45:28.32 0.38 324.22 78.47 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:45:58.17 0.37 324.67 84.1 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:45:59.27 -2.42 180 84.84 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:46:04.12 -1.9 23.37 85.8 Automatic