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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2017/05/15 23:22
Universal datetime 2017/05/15 13:22
Latitude -4.08 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 152.50 ° ± 4 km
Depth 67 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  836 283733
Lae  678 76255
Arawa  414 40266
Mt. Hagen  940 33623
Popondetta  700 28198
Madang  756 27419
Kimbe  308 18847
Goroka  820 18503
Wewak  987 18230
Kavieng  251 14490
Kundiawa  864 9383
Rabaul  42 8074
Gizo  653 6154
Lorengau  623 5806
Kerema  852 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.31
Azimuthal gap 53.74 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 13:24:35.72 2.3 224.64 7.51 Automatic
IU HNR P 13:24:53.67 -1.85 126.31 9.13 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:26:39.97 -0.69 200.32 17.12 Automatic
IU GUMO P 13:27:05.67 1.13 336.91 19.23 Automatic
IU TARA P 13:27:25.24 -0.87 75.48 21.12 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:27:50.32 -2.18 226.64 23.74 Automatic
IU FUNA P 13:28:23.34 1.66 100.83 26.89 Automatic
II MSVF P 13:28:35.62 -0.11 120.59 28.5 Automatic
II KAPI P 13:29:14.52 1.72 267.08 32.66 Automatic
IU MBWA P 13:29:40.2 -2.15 238.93 36.11 Automatic
II TAU P 13:30:06.52 0.54 186.02 39.1 Automatic
IU SNZO P 13:30:32.47 0.56 155.01 42.21 Automatic
IU MAJO P 13:30:33.37 -2.61 343.01 42.77 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:31:18.7 0.28 332.23 48.02 Automatic
IU RAR P 13:31:31.67 2.08 114.63 49.36 Automatic
IU YSS P 13:31:45.0 -0.74 351.54 51.76 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:33:09.12 -0.35 359.02 63.67 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:33:21.62 0.4 328.27 65.38 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:33:39.67 -0.26 348.72 68.39 Automatic
IU CASY P 13:33:41.32 -1.04 196.78 68.68 Automatic
IU SBA P 13:34:16.7 0.73 176.91 74.15 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:34:35.12 2.4 352.56 77.27 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:34:47.22 -0.69 319.04 79.88 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:34:55.57 0.09 21.75 81.39 Automatic
II KURK P 13:35:04.82 -0.01 322.21 83.1 Automatic
II NIL P 13:35:06.97 0.24 304.58 83.36 Automatic
II AAK P 13:35:10.17 0.35 313.65 84.02 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:35:31.12 -0.96 323.44 88.61 Automatic