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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/09/22 03:43
Universal datetime 2017/09/21 17:43
Latitude -5.33 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.40 ° ± 9 km
Depth 82 km (from location) ± 13 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  824 283733
Lae  727 76255
Honiara  853 56298
Arawa  259 40266
Mt. Hagen  1020 33623
Popondetta  685 28198
Madang  845 27419
Kimbe  362 18847
Goroka  892 18503
Kavieng  419 14490
Kundiawa  939 9383
Rabaul  187 8074
Gizo  487 6154
Lorengau  772 5806
Kerema  884 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.92
Azimuthal gap 134.31 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:45:26.99 -0.17 122.71 7.68 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:47:21.27 -0.09 204.6 16.31 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:48:41.87 0.66 230.06 23.58 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:52:19.2 -0.31 331.97 49.55 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:54:20.92 0.09 328.15 66.91 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:54:26.2 -0.35 197.2 67.75 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:54:40.67 2.3 348.4 69.79 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:54:58.34 0.8 177.08 72.86 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:55:45.32 -0.46 318.99 81.41 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:56:01.82 -0.39 180.01 84.6 Automatic
II KURK P 17:56:01.12 -1.21 322.14 84.63 Automatic
II AAK P 17:56:07.67 0.59 313.61 85.53 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:56:27.47 -1.46 323.37 90.15 Automatic