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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2018/02/27 03:41
Universal datetime 2018/02/26 17:41
Latitude -6.19 ° ± 10 km
Longitude 142.31 ° ± 8 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  649 283733
Jayapura  442 134895
Lae  522 76255
Nabire  816 43898
Mt. Hagen  215 33623
Popondetta  715 28198
Madang  400 27419
Mendi  148 26252
Goroka  341 18503
Wewak  327 18230
Daru  338 15214
Vanimo  403 11204
Kundiawa  294 9383
Lorengau  719 5806
Kerema  435 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.82
Azimuthal gap 168.89 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:42:43.2 -1.81 124.03 5.78 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:45:29.47 2.68 101.64 17.77 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:49:15.97 -0.06 355.16 42.91 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:49:43.12 1.8 342.67 46.06 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:50:13.84 4.3 301.28 49.5 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:50:35.80 0.55 0.39 53.15 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:51:42.52 2.27 334.07 62.31 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:52:05.72 0.84 4.68 66.11 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:52:23.92 1.22 353.69 68.92 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:52:56.42 -3.9 322.01 75.04 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:53:07.12 0.91 9.05 76.19 Automatic
II AAK P 17:53:17.77 -1.16 315.92 78.28 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:53:13.7 -5.2 355.71 78.33 Automatic
II KURK P 17:53:17.32 -3.76 324.64 78.72 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:53:47.7 -3.93 324.94 84.37 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:54:05.79 0.7 23.52 87.26 Automatic
II RAYN P 17:55:03.47 4.53 292.93 98.69 Automatic