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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/04/23 15:21
Universal datetime 2017/04/23 05:21
Latitude -6.66 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 153.18 ° ± 5 km
Depth 90 km (from location) ± 12 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  729 283733
Lae  685 76255
Honiara  807 56298
Arawa  268 40266
Mt. Hagen  996 33623
Popondetta  592 28198
Madang  834 27419
Kimbe  358 18847
Goroka  865 18503
Kavieng  522 14490
Kundiawa  912 9383
Rabaul  295 8074
Gizo  433 6154
Lorengau  831 5806
Kerema  823 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.68
Azimuthal gap 115.38 °
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 05:23:17.32 0.11 244.92 6.56 Automatic
IU TARA P 05:26:22.29 -0.19 68.55 21.27 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:26:35.27 -0.68 232.19 22.58 Automatic
II MSVF P 05:27:14.42 0.53 116.81 26.67 Automatic
II KAPI P 05:28:12.92 0.22 271.01 33.29 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:30:31.52 -0.21 332.68 50.62 Automatic
IU MA2 P 05:32:19.37 -0.94 358.67 66.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:32:32.37 0.91 328.54 67.93 Automatic
IU TIXI P 05:33:42.37 1.22 352.43 79.92 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:33:54.44 -0.03 319.16 82.28 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:33:59.72 -0.78 21.48 83.55 Automatic
II NIL P 05:34:10.92 0.12 304.69 85.38 Automatic
II AAK P 05:34:15.77 0.77 313.71 86.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 05:34:36.37 -1.07 323.38 91.09 Automatic