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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/04/21 20:34
Universal datetime 2017/04/21 10:34
Latitude -4.46 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.22 ° ± 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  865 283733
Lae  734 76255
Honiara  925 56298
Arawa  325 40266
Mt. Hagen  1010 33623
Popondetta  727 28198
Madang  829 27419
Kimbe  361 18847
Goroka  886 18503
Kavieng  339 14490
Kundiawa  931 9383
Rabaul  123 8074
Gizo  567 6154
Lorengau  712 5806
Kerema  902 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.45
Azimuthal gap 105.47 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 10:36:49.37 2.98 230.25 7.78 Automatic
IU HNR P 10:36:56.7 2.15 127.05 8.33 Automatic
IU CTAO P 10:38:50.32 -0.31 202.87 17.03 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:40:06.12 -1.81 228.3 24.01 Automatic
II TAU P 10:42:15.67 -1.08 186.9 38.8 Automatic
IU CASY P 10:45:53.27 -1.97 197.04 68.53 Automatic
IU SBA P 10:46:25.77 -1.06 177.06 73.73 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 10:47:06.47 0.5 318.94 80.64 Automatic
IU COLA P 10:47:08.92 -1.04 21.58 81.48 Automatic
II KURK P 10:47:22.72 0.06 322.12 83.83 Automatic
II NIL P 10:47:26.12 1.24 304.52 84.16 Automatic
II AAK P 10:47:28.82 1 313.58 84.8 Automatic
II BRVK P 10:47:48.97 -0.66 323.38 89.34 Automatic