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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/08/01 18:54
Universal datetime 2017/08/01 08:54
Latitude -4.78 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 153.38 ° ± 12 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  858 283733
Lae  740 76255
Honiara  890 56298
Arawa  291 40266
Mt. Hagen  1023 33623
Popondetta  719 28198
Madang  843 27419
Kimbe  369 18847
Goroka  897 18503
Kavieng  374 14490
Kundiawa  943 9383
Rabaul  151 8074
Gizo  530 6154
Lorengau  742 5806
Kerema  904 5646

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.7
Azimuthal gap 155.56 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 08:56:39.7 0.48 232.78 7.71 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:59:58.37 -1.88 229.06 23.92 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:05:38.32 3.44 328.03 66.43 Automatic
IU SBA P 09:06:19.77 1.69 177.09 73.41 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:07:00.17 -0.74 318.94 80.98 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:07:02.72 -1.59 21.52 81.72 Automatic
II KURK P 09:07:16.82 -0.72 322.12 84.18 Automatic
II AAK P 09:07:23.62 1.02 313.58 85.13 Automatic
II BRVK P 09:07:42.67 -1.7 323.37 89.69 Automatic