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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/01/07 11:38
Universal datetime 2020/01/07 01:38
Latitude -5.46 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 147.05 ° ± 6 km
Depth 197 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  443 283733
Lae  141 76255
Mt. Hagen  317 33623
Popondetta  389 28198
Madang  142 27419
Mendi  384 26252
Kimbe  343 18847
Goroka  197 18503
Wewak  433 18230
Daru  583 15214
Kavieng  526 14490
Kundiawa  239 9383
Rabaul  582 8074
Lorengau  380 5806
Kerema  304 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.79
Azimuthal gap 86.36 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:39:17.87 -0.84 178.39 3.95 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:41:36.27 1.25 182.94 14.65 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:42:24.42 -0.05 219.32 19.02 Automatic
IU FUNA P 01:44:26.37 -0.09 97.35 32.05 Automatic
II MSVF P 01:44:32.22 0.45 114.71 32.69 Automatic
IU TATO P 01:45:27.92 1.26 321.87 39.29 Automatic
IU AFI P 01:45:44.99 -0.22 104.88 41.39 Automatic
IU MAJO P 01:45:54.47 -0.13 349.53 42.81 Automatic
IU YSS P 01:47:10.65 1.28 356.32 52.56 Automatic
IU RAR P 01:47:20.82 0.21 112.36 53.8 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:48:28.57 0.42 331.29 63.83 Automatic
IU MA2 P 01:48:35.97 0.03 2.08 65.1 Automatic
II TLY P 01:48:55.37 0.25 332.66 68.05 Automatic
IU YAK P 01:48:59.17 -0.24 351.36 68.81 Automatic
G CCD P 01:49:13.45 0.15 186.28 70.96 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:49:34.82 -0.34 7.39 74.78 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:49:49.99 -0.85 320.51 77.42 Automatic
II NIL P 01:50:03.72 -0.13 305.67 79.7 Automatic
II KURK P 01:50:08.49 -1.18 323.39 80.9 Automatic
II AAK P 01:50:11.12 0.24 314.73 81.08 Automatic
IU QSPA P 01:50:27.42 -0.78 180 84.47 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:50:27.9 -1.92 22.75 84.73 Automatic
II PFO P 01:51:34.92 1.25 56.77 98.42 Automatic