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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2019/08/21 20:24
Universal datetime 2019/08/21 09:24
Latitude -5.76 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.47 ° ± 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  902 283733
Lae  835 76255
Honiara  729 56298
Arawa  132 40266
Mt. Hagen  1136 33623
Popondetta  764 28198
Madang  964 27419
Kimbe  480 18847
Goroka  1007 18503
Kavieng  537 14490
Kundiawa  1054 9383
Rabaul  310 8074
Gizo  368 6154
Lorengau  899 5806
Kerema  984 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 3.34
Azimuthal gap 138.09 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 09:26:32.72 6.42 124.5 6.56 Automatic
IU PMG P 09:26:51.87 4.13 242.84 8.11 Automatic
IU CTAO P 09:28:41.69 2.21 208.38 16.41 Automatic
IU GUMO P 09:29:40.92 2.31 333.82 21.57 Automatic
II MSVF P 09:30:19.27 -3.39 119.52 25.96 Automatic
IU MBWA P 09:31:57.44 -2.17 242.03 37 Automatic
II TAU P 09:32:00.97 -3.11 188.58 37.69 Automatic
IU MAJO P 09:33:02.52 -0.99 341.43 44.96 Automatic
IU INCN P 09:33:46.57 0.35 331.25 50.42 Automatic
IU CHTO P 09:34:55.92 -0.55 295.64 59.95 Automatic
G DRV P 09:35:02.20 -5.22 186.45 61.73 Automatic