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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2018/09/18 22:57
Universal datetime 2018/09/18 11:57
Latitude -8.19 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 157.34 ° ± 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  1125 283733
Lae  1154 76255
Honiara  319 56298
Arawa  292 40266
Popondetta  1003 28198
Madang  1319 27419
Kimbe  847 18847
Goroka  1341 18503
Kavieng  952 14490
Luganville  1343 13397
Kundiawa  1388 9383
Rabaul  724 8074
Gizo  56 6154
Lorengau  1306 5806
Kerema  1268 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.75
Azimuthal gap 61.76 °
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 HNR P 11:58:40.29 1.67 116.13 2.87 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:00:23.7 4.49 262.33 10.13 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:01:36.57 -1.28 220.86 16.02 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:05:07.57 0.71 272.44 37.46 Automatic
IU NWAO P 12:06:07.14 2.62 230.44 44.53 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:06:30.82 -1.08 339.31 48.2 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:07:14.87 -0.45 329.9 53.94 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:07:35.80 1.38 348.13 56.65 Automatic
G DRV P 12:07:54.40 -2.08 187.86 59.67 Automatic
IU ADK P 12:08:25.34 -0.1 17.5 64.07 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:08:38.37 -2.21 198.69 66.24 Automatic
G CCD P 12:09:00.55 -1.22 188.83 69.61 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:09:03.77 0.63 177.9 69.84 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:09:11.87 -0.51 327.01 71.42 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:09:23.22 -0.62 346.87 73.42 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:09:41.7 -0.73 3.49 76.53 Automatic
II KDAK P 12:09:48.99 1.92 24.77 77.4 Automatic
II PALK P 12:09:52.92 1.02 279.29 77.94 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:10:10.62 -1 180.02 81.75 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:10:11.17 -0.75 351.28 82.01 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:10:18.54 -1.29 20.44 83.49 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:10:32.2 -1.78 318.41 86.14 Automatic
II KURK P 12:10:46.82 -2.04 321.61 89.29 Automatic
II NIL P 12:10:49.42 -1.64 304.11 89.64 Automatic
II AAK P 12:10:52.77 -1.22 313.12 90.33 Automatic
II PFO P 12:11:01.52 2.32 56.23 91.39 Automatic
IU RSSD P 12:11:49.37 3.26 46.49 101.87 Automatic