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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2018/03/05 04:43
Universal datetime 2018/03/04 17:43
Latitude -9.06 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 158.68 ° ± 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  1263 283733
Lae  1314 76255
Honiara  146 56298
Arawa  465 40266
Port Vila  1417 35901
Popondetta  1148 28198
Madang  1486 27419
Kimbe  1019 18847
Goroka  1503 18503
Kavieng  1128 14490
Luganville  1167 13397
Rabaul  900 8074
Gizo  229 6154
Lorengau  1483 5806
Kerema  1419 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.41
Azimuthal gap 119.28 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:44:04.34 1.78 106.79 1.31 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:46:24.42 2.87 267.36 11.38 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:47:24.37 -3.06 226.07 16.3 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:54:20.64 0.56 295.71 65.15 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:55:05.87 -1.18 326.61 72.88 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:55:14.47 -2.08 346.36 74.58 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:55:30.67 -1.55 2.97 77.33 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:56:05.77 -1.81 20.07 83.86 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:56:31.64 4.46 318.19 87.67 Automatic