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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2018/02/27 04:28
Universal datetime 2018/02/26 18:28
Latitude -5.85 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 142.80 ° ± 5 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  629 283733
Jayapura  434 134895
Lae  474 76255
Mt. Hagen  157 33623
Popondetta  683 28198
Madang  338 27419
Mendi  100 26252
Kimbe  815 18847
Goroka  288 18503
Wewak  270 18230
Daru  364 15214
Vanimo  387 11204
Kundiawa  240 9383
Lorengau  653 5806
Kerema  407 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.16
Azimuthal gap 67.34 °
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 18:29:24.37 -1.72 129.69 5.6 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:31:28.87 -0.06 167.04 14.63 Automatic
IU HNR P 18:32:06.87 1.28 102.99 17.37 Automatic
IU GUMO P 18:32:30.99 1.5 6.03 19.55 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:33:47.97 2.4 233.37 27.08 Automatic
IU FUNA P 18:35:06.42 0.27 96.45 36.2 Automatic
IU TATO P 18:35:14.37 1.73 326.95 37.14 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:35:56.27 -1.16 354.55 42.61 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:36:24.47 0.74 342.07 45.88 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:36:54.87 -0.35 300.77 49.74 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:37:16.25 -0.27 359.97 52.81 Automatic
IU RAR P 18:37:54.17 0.88 111.46 57.58 Automatic
IU PET P 18:38:11.22 0.59 10.9 60.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:38:24.2 0.57 333.71 62.22 Automatic
IU MA2 P 18:38:45.97 -0.27 4.42 65.73 Automatic
IU ADK P 18:38:58.77 2.34 25.78 67.26 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:39:04.17 -0.57 353.44 68.63 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:39:43.87 -0.46 321.8 75.07 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:39:46.87 -0.79 8.9 75.77 Automatic
II NIL P 18:39:53.2 -0.16 306.68 76.52 Automatic
IU TIXI P 18:39:58.47 -1.93 355.55 78.02 Automatic
II AAK P 18:40:03.12 -0.16 315.75 78.37 Automatic
II KURK P 18:40:04.7 -0.87 324.47 78.73 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:40:22.14 0.31 29.11 81.89 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:40:34.17 -0.67 324.83 84.36 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:40:44.72 -1.72 23.45 86.75 Automatic
II RAYN P 18:41:42.72 -1.45 292.95 99 Automatic