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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2017/05/12 16:38
Universal datetime 2017/05/12 05:38
Latitude -7.82 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 159.37 ° ± 5 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  1353 283733
Lae  1373 76255
Honiara  190 56298
Arawa  456 40266
Port Vila  1464 35901
Popondetta  1230 28198
Madang  1530 27419
Kimbe  1051 18847
Goroka  1558 18503
Kavieng  1112 14490
Luganville  1203 13397
Rabaul  894 8074
Gizo  282 6154
Lorengau  1486 5806
Kerema  1493 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.67
Azimuthal gap 71.63 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 05:39:25.9 -0.65 160.75 1.72 Automatic
IU TARA P 05:42:47.47 2.19 56.4 16.33 Automatic
IU CTAO P 05:43:05.97 4.16 224.64 17.66 Automatic
II MSVF P 05:43:36.92 0.31 120.44 20.72 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:44:38.22 -0.73 240.83 27.08 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:46:34.14 -1.09 246.4 40.49 Automatic
IU NWAO P 05:47:21.37 -0.61 231.13 46.32 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:48:25.57 1.72 328.24 54.66 Automatic
IU CASY P 05:49:48.52 -1.68 199.17 67.24 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:50:20.67 0.19 326.11 72.22 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:51:16.77 0.03 180.02 82.11 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:51:15.2 -2.63 19.94 82.45 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:51:41.2 -1.25 318.03 87.2 Automatic
II KURK P 05:51:56.67 0.04 321.32 90.26 Automatic