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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/01/31 23:29
Universal datetime 2020/01/31 12:29
Latitude -8.29 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 156.33 ° ± 7 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  1013 283733
Lae  1045 76255
Honiara  418 56298
Arawa  243 40266
Mt. Hagen  1365 33623
Popondetta  891 28198
Madang  1214 27419
Kimbe  748 18847
Goroka  1233 18503
Kavieng  879 14490
Kundiawa  1280 9383
Rabaul  647 8074
Gizo  60 6154
Lorengau  1218 5806
Kerema  1157 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.25
Azimuthal gap 63.74 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 12:34:15.22 3.76 116.27 23.15 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:34:21.7 -0.82 238.96 24.23 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:38:28.62 4.3 330.73 53.53 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:38:45.85 0.13 348.94 56.55 Automatic
G DRV P 12:39:06.60 -0.25 187.43 59.43 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:39:32.37 2.23 296.22 62.72 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:40:00.22 -2.46 356.97 68.01 Automatic
G CCD P 12:40:11.70 -0.49 188.61 69.35 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:40:24.57 2.96 327.46 70.96 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:40:52.2 -2.74 3.87 76.69 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:41:21.47 -1.6 180.01 81.64 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:41:24.32 0.65 351.56 81.96 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:41:31.47 -2.68 20.68 83.94 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:41:40.84 -2.04 318.62 85.55 Automatic
II PFO P 12:42:14.37 -0.96 56.36 92.28 Automatic