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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/08/22 09:16
Universal datetime 2017/08/21 23:16
Latitude -6.09 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 151.20 ° ± 17 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  579 283733
Lae  472 76255
Arawa  483 40266
Mt. Hagen  774 33623
Popondetta  441 28198
Madang  608 27419
Mendi  837 26252
Kimbe  132 18847
Goroka  644 18503
Kavieng  390 14490
Kundiawa  691 9383
Rabaul  233 8074
Gizo  661 6154
Lorengau  625 5806
Kerema  627 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.1
Azimuthal gap 174.7 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU GUMO P 23:20:52.67 2.38 342.3 20.66 Automatic
II WRAB P 23:20:59.32 -0.18 228.2 21.44 Automatic
IU CASY P 23:27:01.67 1.63 196.63 66.39 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:26:59.72 -0.16 329.34 66.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:28:22.9 -1.62 319.55 80.56 Automatic
II NIL P 23:28:37.42 -1.96 304.97 83.44 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:28:39.47 -0.43 21.92 83.74 Automatic
II KURK P 23:28:39.2 -2.12 322.58 83.89 Automatic
II AAK P 23:28:48.87 4.51 314 84.47 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:29:06.27 -2.06 323.59 89.45 Automatic