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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2017/04/17 05:55
Universal datetime 2017/04/16 19:55
Latitude -4.92 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.51 ° ± 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  859 283733
Lae  749 76255
Honiara  869 56298
Arawa  270 40266
Mt. Hagen  1035 33623
Popondetta  720 28198
Madang  857 27419
Kimbe  379 18847
Goroka  909 18503
Kavieng  396 14490
Kundiawa  955 9383
Rabaul  171 8074
Gizo  509 6154
Lorengau  762 5806
Kerema  911 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.48
Azimuthal gap 108.57 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:56:59.77 0.24 234.2 7.73 Automatic
IU HNR P 19:57:01.54 0.72 125.62 7.82 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:01:48.27 0.15 268.34 33.63 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:03:56.2 1.7 331.72 49.23 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:05:45.17 2.52 358.47 64.53 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:05:57.77 0.99 328.01 66.62 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:06:14.72 0.82 348.32 69.41 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:07:21.89 -0.73 318.93 81.17 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:07:22.47 -2.97 21.49 81.81 Automatic
II KURK P 20:07:37.92 -1.28 322.1 84.37 Automatic
II AAK P 20:07:44.2 -0.23 313.57 85.32 Automatic
II BRVK P 20:08:04.2 -1.93 323.36 89.88 Automatic