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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/30 17:57
Universal datetime 2017/03/30 07:57
Latitude -5.14 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 151.58 ° ± 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  680 283733
Lae  538 76255
Arawa  458 40266
Mt. Hagen  820 33623
Popondetta  544 28198
Madang  642 27419
Mendi  886 26252
Kimbe  165 18847
Goroka  694 18503
Kavieng  296 14490
Kundiawa  740 9383
Rabaul  121 8074
Gizo  667 6154
Lorengau  589 5806
Kerema  706 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.3
Azimuthal gap 106.4 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 07:58:50.92 0.2 225.56 6.11 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:01:04.57 2.21 198.65 15.82 Automatic
IU TARA P 08:02:17.62 -0.47 73.61 22.29 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:02:16.32 -1.87 227.05 22.35 Automatic
IU MBWA P 08:04:12.4 0.88 239.62 34.78 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:08:06.12 1.18 328.95 65.8 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:08:55.2 0.27 5.73 73.95 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:09:20.52 1.41 352.86 78.21 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:09:30.34 0.15 319.36 80.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:09:42.17 -1.53 21.89 82.72 Automatic
II NIL P 08:09:46.77 -0.43 304.82 83.21 Automatic
II KURK P 08:09:46.52 -0.98 322.45 83.37 Automatic
II AAK P 08:09:51.52 0.08 313.87 84.09 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:09:52.32 -2.46 180.01 84.79 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:10:13.37 -1.47 323.55 88.92 Automatic
II PFO P 08:10:41.37 0.17 56.6 94.48 Automatic
II FFC P 08:11:24.17 2.33 34.75 103.65 Automatic
IU RSSD P 08:11:23.17 0.31 45.75 103.89 Automatic