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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2020/01/13 03:48
Universal datetime 2020/01/12 16:48
Latitude -7.09 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 155.98 ° ± 6 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  1004 283733
Lae  995 76255
Honiara  508 56298
Arawa  106 40266
Mt. Hagen  1309 33623
Popondetta  873 28198
Madang  1147 27419
Kimbe  668 18847
Goroka  1177 18503
Kavieng  760 14490
Kundiawa  1225 9383
Rabaul  532 8074
Gizo  146 6154
Lorengau  1116 5806
Kerema  1124 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.25
Azimuthal gap 97.59 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:50:14.62 1.7 254.53 9.03 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:51:49.62 1.94 215.01 16.06 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:53:17.97 0.68 118.41 24.01 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:53:19.97 -2.55 236.36 24.59 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:56:29.92 0.17 340.3 46.71 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:58:21.84 -0.19 295.78 61.88 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:59:12.47 0.69 327.38 69.76 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:59:26.37 1.19 347.38 72.05 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:59:45.97 0.42 4.02 75.52 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:00:15.72 1.13 351.63 80.72 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:00:25.17 -1.6 180.01 82.84 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:00:27.17 0.67 20.82 82.94 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:00:33.64 -1.07 318.62 84.42 Automatic
II KURK P 17:00:48.84 -1.49 321.8 87.6 Automatic
II NIL P 17:00:51.27 -1.14 304.28 87.92 Automatic
II AAK P 17:00:54.82 -0.55 313.3 88.6 Automatic