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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2018/09/15 00:50
Universal datetime 2018/09/14 15:50
Latitude -2.74 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 138.72 ° ± 4 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
Jayapura  221 134895
Sorong  853 125535
Lae  1018 76255
Manokwari  557 53190
Nabire  363 43898
Mt. Hagen  701 33623
Madang  831 27419
Mendi  663 26252
Goroka  827 18503
Wewak  554 18230
Daru  863 15214
Vanimo  287 11204
Kundiawa  782 9383
Lorengau  955 5806
Kerema  975 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.48
Azimuthal gap 55.95 °
Number of stations used 41
Number of phases used 41

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 15:52:48.42 2.18 128.83 10.71 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:54:18.42 3.16 20.33 17.43 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:54:33.57 1.48 157.59 18.84 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:54:39.82 4.09 262.57 19.06 Automatic
IU HNR P 15:55:08.14 -0.75 108.55 22.13 Automatic
IU TATO P 15:56:42.57 0.94 329.9 32.36 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:57:39.47 -0.84 359.34 39.29 Automatic
IU FUNA P 15:57:53.22 -0.58 99.91 40.67 Automatic
II MSVF P 15:58:00.2 0.66 114.03 41.37 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:58:01.57 0.76 345.54 41.76 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:59:04.15 -0.27 3.61 49.83 Automatic
IU SNZO P 15:59:07.34 -1.62 145 50.3 Automatic
IU JOHN P 15:59:43.39 1.13 67.21 54.66 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:00:02.57 0.27 335.36 57.67 Automatic
IU PET P 16:00:07.2 1.05 13.95 58.22 Automatic
II PALK P 16:00:11.82 0.1 280.21 58.75 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:00:38.67 -0.16 6.81 63.04 Automatic
G DRV P 16:00:43.75 -1.33 179.44 63.93 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:00:51.97 -0.74 355.34 65.14 Automatic
II DGAR P 16:01:02.52 1.31 263.11 66.12 Automatic
IU ADK P 16:01:01.67 0.78 28.24 66.33 Automatic
IU KIP P 16:01:04.2 1.63 65.16 66.37 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:01:01.17 -1.07 191.95 66.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:01:24.44 -0.6 322.51 70.12 Automatic
G CCD P 16:01:41.10 -0.53 184.1 72.92 Automatic
II AAK P 16:01:44.67 0.11 316.25 73.32 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:01:43.62 -0.49 10.45 73.39 Automatic
II KURK P 16:01:46.12 -1.26 325.15 73.85 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:01:50.12 -1.36 356.79 74.65 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:02:02.74 -0.15 174.16 76.57 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:02:27.62 -0.89 30.17 81.2 Automatic
G RER P 16:02:37.45 1 249 82.47 Automatic
II UOSS P 16:02:44.42 -1.69 295.4 84.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:02:48.57 -2.23 24.09 85.54 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:02:57.77 -1.28 179.99 87.19 Automatic
II ABPO P 16:03:15.67 -0.28 250.93 90.52 Automatic
GE VOI P 16:03:16.40 -1.01 247.9 90.84 Automatic
II RAYN P 16:03:30.9 -1.94 293.4 94.04 Automatic
II OBN P 16:03:53.12 -1.39 325.5 99.18 Automatic
IU KMBO P 16:04:07.92 3.6 268.3 101.4 Automatic
IU KIEV P 16:04:15.87 -1.77 321.95 104.37 Automatic