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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2017/09/24 11:56
Universal datetime 2017/09/24 00:56
Latitude -10.78 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.83 ° ± 7 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  1611 283733
Nouméa  1363 93060
Lae  1693 76255
Mackay  1776 75922
Honiara  254 56298
Arawa  854 40266
Port Vila  1040 35901
Popondetta  1507 28198
Kimbe  1411 18847
Kavieng  1518 14490
Luganville  781 13397
Bowen  1782 10983
Rabaul  1292 8074
Gizo  623 6154
Kerema  1785 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.02
Azimuthal gap 135.93 °
Number of stations used 8
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 00:56:58.79 0.54 305.62 2.29 Automatic
IU TARA P 01:00:11.37 1.16 42.94 16.4 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:00:28.2 1.64 236.29 17.65 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:02:10.82 -0.78 247.57 27.98 Automatic
IU CASY P 01:07:01.47 -0.67 200.22 65.27 Automatic
IU SBA P 01:07:14.2 0.15 178.88 67.12 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:08:05.42 -1.68 325.61 76.03 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:08:51.69 -0.37 19.16 84.43 Automatic