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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2018/04/07 12:56
Universal datetime 2018/04/07 02:56
Latitude -6.26 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 142.91 ° ± 10 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  591 283733
Jayapura  480 134895
Lae  455 76255
Mt. Hagen  152 33623
Popondetta  651 28198
Madang  339 27419
Mendi  83 26252
Kimbe  805 18847
Goroka  275 18503
Wewak  310 18230
Daru  317 15214
Vanimo  433 11204
Kundiawa  229 9383
Lorengau  674 5806
Kerema  373 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.78
Azimuthal gap 151.46 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II KAPI P 03:01:56.92 -0.5 271.9 23.08 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:02:33.52 0.83 234.14 26.93 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:04:49.42 0.11 354.46 43.03 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:07:15.2 0.29 333.74 62.64 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:07:23.27 -1.3 193.86 64.05 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:08:19.69 0.97 174.88 72.66 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:08:35.2 -0.04 321.83 75.46 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:08:38.22 -0.13 8.84 76.16 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:08:52.57 1.37 355.53 78.44 Automatic
II AAK P 03:08:54.52 0.71 315.78 78.75 Automatic
II KURK P 03:08:54.77 -0.83 324.49 79.13 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:09:24.77 -0.56 324.83 84.76 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:09:35.64 -0.9 23.42 87.08 Automatic