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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2017/05/16 13:56
Universal datetime 2017/05/16 03:56
Latitude 12.79 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 145.07 ° ± 6 km
Depth 65 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Jayapura  1762 134895
Sorong  2144 125535
Manokwari  1939 53190
Nabire  2075 43898
Mt. Hagen  2065 33623
Madang  1994 27419
Mendi  2100 26252
Kimbe  2105 18847
Goroka  2088 18503
Wewak  1815 18230
Kavieng  1815 14490
Vanimo  1762 11204
Kundiawa  2081 9383
Rabaul  2036 8074
Lorengau  1658 5806

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.94
Azimuthal gap 66.15 °
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 GUMO P 03:56:43.7 -0.51 346.01 0.82 Automatic
IU DAV P 04:00:57.47 2.83 255.26 20.03 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:01:38.42 -1.21 346.62 24.54 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:02:36.27 -0.12 236.25 30.82 Automatic
IU YSS P 04:03:06.15 0.89 357.19 34.22 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:03:04.82 -1.38 198.03 34.38 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:04:31.67 -0.47 132.44 44.63 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:04:52.2 1.64 3.94 46.97 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:04:52.87 0.29 325.72 47.19 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:05:16.87 -0.41 350.71 50.47 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:06:23.7 -0.7 354.15 59.65 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:06:43.17 0.07 316.46 62.39 Automatic
IU RAR P 04:06:53.37 0.42 121.61 63.94 Automatic
II KDAK P 04:06:58.97 1.39 31.51 64.62 Automatic
II KURK P 04:07:01.37 -0.77 320.29 65.29 Automatic
II AAK P 04:07:14.57 0.33 311.16 67.14 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:07:23.47 -0.64 24.8 68.79 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:07:35.97 -0.14 322.08 70.69 Automatic
II UOSS P 04:08:49.62 0.36 294.19 83.64 Automatic
II LVZ P 04:08:58.12 -0.34 339.29 85.58 Automatic
IU KEV P 04:09:05.97 -0.4 342.2 87.19 Automatic
IU GNI P 04:09:17.77 0.15 311.23 89.48 Automatic
II OBN P 04:09:17.52 -1.09 327.15 89.74 Automatic
II KIV P 04:09:18.47 -0.7 315.32 89.82 Automatic
II PFO P 04:09:20.62 1.27 55.46 89.83 Automatic
II FFC P 04:09:30.97 0.77 32.15 92.22 Automatic
II RAYN P 04:09:35.17 -1.02 295.07 93.46 Automatic
IU ANTO P 04:09:56.84 -0.5 314.15 98.15 Automatic