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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2020/01/25 03:39
Universal datetime 2020/01/24 17:39
Latitude -5.93 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 147.18 ° ± 14 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  391 283733
Lae  91 76255
Mt. Hagen  328 33623
Popondetta  336 28198
Madang  173 27419
Mendi  392 26252
Kimbe  331 18847
Goroka  199 18503
Wewak  473 18230
Daru  559 15214
Kavieng  548 14490
Kundiawa  246 9383
Rabaul  583 8074
Lorengau  431 5806
Kerema  266 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.89
Azimuthal gap 172.94 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:40:13.37 -0.78 180.27 3.47 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:42:40.99 0.75 183.53 14.19 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:43:38.87 0.2 220.47 18.74 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:47:21.52 1.07 349.47 43.3 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:49:55.12 0.32 331.33 64.3 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:50:01.92 -0.66 2 65.57 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:50:25.37 -0.91 351.33 69.29 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:51:03.82 1.86 7.33 75.23 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:51:16.59 -1.09 320.54 77.86 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:51:19.27 -1.16 354.2 78.49 Automatic
II NIL P 17:51:30.67 0.29 305.71 80.08 Automatic
II KURK P 17:51:36.22 -0.42 323.41 81.36 Automatic
II AAK P 17:51:38.22 0.54 314.76 81.5 Automatic