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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2019/08/09 12:54
Universal datetime 2019/08/09 02:54
Latitude -5.09 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.09 ° ± 4 km
Depth 131 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  647 283733
Lae  489 76255
Arawa  511 40266
Mt. Hagen  767 33623
Popondetta  514 28198
Madang  589 27419
Mendi  833 26252
Kimbe  117 18847
Goroka  642 18503
Kavieng  280 14490
Kundiawa  687 9383
Rabaul  153 8074
Gizo  717 6154
Lorengau  542 5806
Kerema  660 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.36
Azimuthal gap 57.27 °
Number of stations used 29
Number of phases used 29

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 02:56:01.22 -0.86 221.91 5.81 Automatic
IU HNR P 02:56:54.47 -1.32 116.83 9.8 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:58:14.44 2.95 197 15.71 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:58:58.9 2.04 341.77 19.68 Automatic
II MSVF P 03:00:28.32 0.51 117.85 29.24 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:01:11.37 -1.36 239.24 34.39 Automatic
II TAU P 03:01:42.2 0.26 184.49 37.96 Automatic
IU SNZO P 03:02:13.49 -1.23 153.23 41.91 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:02:24.22 -1.49 344.87 43.35 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:03:05.87 1.18 333.87 48.28 Automatic
IU KIP P 03:04:07.22 0.83 60.07 56.47 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:04:08.94 1.23 296.51 56.64 Automatic
IU POHA P 03:04:17.77 0.17 62.9 58.05 Automatic
G DRV P 03:04:42.70 -1.09 184.95 62.05 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:04:59.22 -1.28 359.82 64.67 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:05:07.32 0.81 329.17 65.51 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:05:28.97 0.15 349.44 69.12 Automatic
G CCD P 03:05:45.55 -0.29 187.25 71.8 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:05:55.4 0.77 176.6 73.22 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:05:57.32 -0.59 5.91 73.95 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:06:21.47 -0.04 353 78.1 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:06:44.69 -2.56 21.99 82.86 Automatic
II KURK P 03:06:47.27 -1.34 322.54 83.04 Automatic
II AAK P 03:06:52.32 0.04 313.95 83.7 Automatic
IU QSPA P 03:06:58.2 0.22 180.01 84.84 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:07:13.82 -2.13 323.6 88.59 Automatic
IU COR P 03:07:25.82 0.87 45.25 90.46 Automatic
II PFO P 03:07:45.87 0.33 56.62 94.86 Automatic
IU ANMO P 03:08:25.17 3.2 55.27 103.11 Automatic