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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2020/04/16 08:42
Universal datetime 2020/04/15 22:42
Latitude -4.97 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 152.54 ° ± 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  772 283733
Lae  645 76255
Honiara  955 56298
Arawa  363 40266
Mt. Hagen  928 33623
Popondetta  634 28198
Madang  750 27419
Kimbe  274 18847
Goroka  803 18503
Kavieng  327 14490
Kundiawa  848 9383
Rabaul  96 8074
Gizo  587 6154
Lorengau  669 5806
Kerema  810 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.41
Azimuthal gap 97.5 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:43:59.82 0.23 229.99 6.94 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:46:06.14 -0.05 201.49 16.31 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:47:21.37 -3.03 228.2 23.17 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:48:10.17 0.88 119.19 28.02 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:49:18.7 1.54 240.01 35.7 Automatic
II TAU P 22:49:38.77 2.16 186.19 38.22 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:51:03.97 1.86 332.56 48.83 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:52:10.44 0.29 295.9 57.88 Automatic
G DRV P 22:52:39.40 0.03 185.57 62.3 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:52:53.37 -0.39 359.01 64.56 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:53:06.57 1.86 328.46 66.15 Automatic
G CCD P 22:53:43.45 1.5 187.58 72.11 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:53:50.37 -0.31 5.37 73.69 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:54:15.77 -0.56 352.57 78.16 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:54:30.32 -0.05 319.14 80.58 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:54:36.79 -1.69 21.69 82.2 Automatic
II KURK P 22:54:46.54 -0.76 322.27 83.82 Automatic
II NIL P 22:54:47.62 -0.62 304.66 83.9 Automatic
II AAK P 22:54:51.97 0.13 313.71 84.66 Automatic
IU QSPA P 22:54:50.12 -3 180.01 84.96 Automatic