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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2017/10/20 12:21
Universal datetime 2017/10/20 02:21
Latitude -5.54 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 147.33 ° ± 4 km
Depth 183 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  434 283733
Lae  137 76255
Mt. Hagen  346 33623
Popondetta  371 28198
Madang  174 27419
Mendi  413 26252
Kimbe  312 18847
Goroka  223 18503
Wewak  465 18230
Daru  600 15214
Kavieng  507 14490
Kundiawa  268 9383
Rabaul  554 8074
Lorengau  388 5806
Kerema  311 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.1
Azimuthal gap 49.73 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 02:22:57.57 -1.55 182.44 3.87 Automatic
IU HNR P 02:24:59.2 -0.22 108.07 13.1 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:25:17.82 1.14 184 14.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:26:08.37 -0.16 220.05 19.14 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:26:10.57 1.09 352.75 19.28 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:27:32.17 3.04 269.78 27.46 Automatic
IU FUNA P 02:28:06.47 -0.58 97.26 31.76 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:28:13.72 1.34 114.75 32.4 Automatic
IU TATO P 02:29:12.42 0.7 321.64 39.52 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:29:26.17 0.17 104.85 41.1 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:29:38.27 -0.52 349.22 42.94 Automatic
IU SNZO P 02:29:42.62 0.04 149.76 43.31 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:30:12.57 0.46 337.5 47.14 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:30:54.25 0.96 356.08 52.65 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:31:59.72 1.75 63.99 61.6 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:32:13.2 0.26 331.16 64.03 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:32:24.22 -0.66 195.31 65.86 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:32:43.67 0.22 351.24 68.92 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:33:09.62 0.68 175.8 73.03 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:33:34.52 -0.99 320.45 77.66 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:33:36.12 -1.19 354.15 78.12 Automatic
II NIL P 02:33:48.2 -0.64 305.63 79.97 Automatic
II KURK P 02:33:52.97 -1.28 323.34 81.13 Automatic
II AAK P 02:33:55.67 0.1 314.68 81.33 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:34:10.74 -1.47 22.7 84.69 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:34:21.2 -1.61 324.08 86.73 Automatic
II UOSS P 02:34:53.27 -1.08 294.76 93.35 Automatic