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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/04/21 06:59
Universal datetime 2020/04/20 19:59
Latitude -8.19 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 159.04 ° ± 5 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  1311 283733
Lae  1339 76255
Honiara  171 56298
Arawa  440 40266
Port Vila  1458 35901
Popondetta  1190 28198
Madang  1501 27419
Kimbe  1025 18847
Goroka  1526 18503
Kavieng  1102 14490
Luganville  1201 13397
Rabaul  881 8074
Gizo  243 6154
Lorengau  1470 5806
Kerema  1455 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.75
Azimuthal gap 63.2 °
Number of stations used 19
Number of phases used 19

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:59:42.99 1.94 144.31 1.54 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:03:17.87 4.42 224.76 17.16 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:03:56.72 1.1 119.2 20.82 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:04:51.64 -0.91 241.2 26.61 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:06:42.49 0.45 272.12 39.14 Automatic
G DRV P 20:09:15.85 -3.33 188.59 59.91 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:09:55.44 0.58 295.22 65.09 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:10:12.62 0.41 355.5 68.09 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:10:21.74 -2.07 178.27 69.78 Automatic
G CCD P 20:10:21.40 -3.04 189.2 69.87 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:10:40.72 1.68 326.31 72.34 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:10:47.87 0.63 346.15 73.81 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:11:02.37 0.03 2.84 76.44 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:11:34.87 0.5 350.8 82.27 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:11:38.7 0.19 20.01 82.91 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:11:59.52 -0.83 318.1 87.26 Automatic
II PFO P 20:12:14.42 0.65 56 90 Automatic
II KURK P 20:12:13.27 -1.56 321.37 90.34 Automatic
II AAK P 20:12:19.92 -0.85 312.9 91.56 Automatic