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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2017/10/12 07:56
Universal datetime 2017/10/11 21:56
Latitude -5.50 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 146.10 ° ± 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  455 283733
Lae  168 76255
Mt. Hagen  212 33623
Popondetta  432 28198
Madang  46 27419
Mendi  281 26252
Kimbe  448 18847
Goroka  102 18503
Wewak  348 18230
Daru  509 15214
Kavieng  615 14490
Vanimo  616 11204
Kundiawa  138 9383
Lorengau  406 5806
Kerema  270 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.53
Azimuthal gap 81.73 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:57:51.72 -0.27 164.94 4.04 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:00:17.32 1.59 179.41 14.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:01:03.52 -1.2 217.29 18.4 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:02:29.97 4.08 269.82 26.24 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:03:31.22 0.89 114.14 33.53 Automatic
IU AFI P 22:04:45.52 1.02 104.65 42.3 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:04:47.72 2.14 350.64 42.69 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:07:19.42 0.44 331.8 63.41 Automatic
IU CASY P 22:07:31.7 -2.42 194.89 65.57 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:07:53.67 0.95 351.82 68.71 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:08:41.57 -0.49 320.77 76.85 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:08:46.67 -0.87 354.52 77.96 Automatic
II NIL P 22:08:53.52 -0.81 305.87 78.96 Automatic
II KURK P 22:09:00.7 -1.37 323.61 80.37 Automatic
II AAK P 22:09:01.92 -0.13 314.94 80.44 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:09:24.34 -1.55 22.92 85.13 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:09:29.77 -0.72 324.26 85.99 Automatic
II UOSS P 22:09:59.57 -1.28 294.85 92.22 Automatic