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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2017/08/07 16:26
Universal datetime 2017/08/07 06:26
Latitude -5.30 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.48 ° ± 4 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  660 283733
Lae  521 76255
Arawa  464 40266
Mt. Hagen  807 33623
Popondetta  523 28198
Madang  631 27419
Mendi  872 26252
Kimbe  150 18847
Goroka  680 18503
Kavieng  310 14490
Kundiawa  726 9383
Rabaul  142 8074
Gizo  668 6154
Lorengau  590 5806
Kerema  688 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.64
Azimuthal gap 65.1 °
Number of stations used 29
Number of phases used 29

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 06:28:58.22 1.54 116.7 9.36 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:30:20.2 -1.15 198.49 15.63 Automatic
IU GUMO P 06:31:17.22 3.82 340.91 20 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:31:37.22 -0.22 227.18 22.16 Automatic
IU TARA P 06:31:39.37 -1.47 73.32 22.43 Automatic
II MSVF P 06:32:41.72 1.75 117.81 28.8 Automatic
IU MBWA P 06:33:29.79 -1.11 239.75 34.61 Automatic
IU TATO P 06:34:34.87 2.38 317.42 42.03 Automatic
IU NWAO P 06:34:38.7 4.07 224.71 42.17 Automatic
IU MAJO P 06:34:44.82 -0.01 344.5 43.65 Automatic
IU INCN P 06:35:25.47 1.09 333.62 48.64 Automatic
IU POHA P 06:36:33.82 0.54 62.64 57.8 Automatic
IU MA2 P 06:37:19.42 -0.15 359.61 64.88 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:37:26.97 0.29 329.04 65.89 Automatic
IU CASY P 06:37:35.17 -0.31 196.61 67.22 Automatic
IU YAK P 06:37:48.27 -0.14 349.28 69.39 Automatic
IU SBA P 06:38:10.59 -0.35 176.67 72.99 Automatic
II KDAK P 06:38:36.52 0.67 26.92 77.34 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:38:50.37 -1.32 319.4 80.14 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:39:02.52 -3.35 21.9 82.91 Automatic
II NIL P 06:39:07.17 -1.27 304.85 83.21 Automatic
II KURK P 06:39:07.22 -1.81 322.48 83.44 Automatic
II AAK P 06:39:12.32 -0.5 313.9 84.12 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:39:33.87 -2.49 323.56 88.98 Automatic
IU COR P 06:39:42.52 -0.42 45.21 90.33 Automatic
II PFO P 06:40:02.47 -0.74 56.62 94.65 Automatic
IU TUC P 06:40:24.97 0.51 58.08 99.37 Automatic
IU ANMO P 06:40:41.2 1.29 55.33 102.92 Automatic
IU RSSD P 06:40:43.77 -1.12 45.77 104.07 Automatic