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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/09/16 23:36
Universal datetime 2017/09/16 12:36
Latitude -6.29 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.67 ° ± 6 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  896 283733
Lae  851 76255
Honiara  678 56298
Arawa  99 40266
Mt. Hagen  1159 33623
Popondetta  760 28198
Madang  992 27419
Kimbe  508 18847
Goroka  1028 18503
Kavieng  593 14490
Kundiawa  1076 9383
Rabaul  363 8074
Gizo  311 6154
Lorengau  946 5806
Kerema  993 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.41
Azimuthal gap 76.06 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:38:17.29 1.48 121.38 6.1 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:41:15.59 -0.28 67.82 19.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:42:02.22 1.98 233.42 23.98 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:43:55.62 0.78 242.76 36.92 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:46:12.60 2.3 350.01 54.29 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:47:32.22 1.81 357.84 65.94 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:47:38.27 -1.23 197.69 67.21 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:47:47.12 0.46 327.79 68.4 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:48:02.77 0.55 347.9 70.99 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:48:07.99 -0.07 177.34 71.83 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:49:06.79 -1.71 21.16 82.66 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:49:09.72 -0.94 318.82 82.97 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:49:12.47 -1.72 180.01 83.64 Automatic
II KURK P 12:49:25.17 -1.61 321.98 86.17 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:49:51.12 -1.77 323.25 91.68 Automatic