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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2018/02/15 18:08
Universal datetime 2018/02/15 08:08
Latitude -3.17 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 148.38 ° ± 14 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  709 283733
Lae  423 76255
Mt. Hagen  550 33623
Popondetta  620 28198
Madang  367 27419
Mendi  620 26252
Kimbe  328 18847
Goroka  463 18503
Wewak  529 18230
Kavieng  278 14490
Vanimo  788 11204
Kundiawa  493 9383
Rabaul  434 8074
Lorengau  175 5806
Kerema  597 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap 173.02 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 08:12:52.97 -0.5 186.82 17.05 Automatic
IU TATO P 08:16:16.57 -0.06 318.68 38.37 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:17:14.67 1.31 335.6 45.39 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:18:16.27 0.53 296.34 53.36 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:19:18.47 -0.24 330.03 62.48 Automatic
IU MA2 P 08:19:20.2 -0.11 1.36 62.77 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:20:20.32 -0.61 6.99 72.34 Automatic
IU TIXI P 08:20:42.27 0.62 353.77 75.87 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:20:45.17 -0.88 319.83 76.51 Automatic
II NIL P 08:21:03.2 0.06 305.09 79.46 Automatic
II KURK P 08:21:03.47 -1.15 322.88 79.87 Automatic
II AAK P 08:21:08.27 0.38 314.22 80.42 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:21:33.17 -0.49 323.85 85.43 Automatic
IU QSPA P 08:21:41.27 1.16 180 86.76 Automatic