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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/27 15:00
Universal datetime 2020/08/27 05:00
Latitude -5.30 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 151.73 ° ± 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  680 283733
Lae  548 76255
Arawa  437 40266
Mt. Hagen  834 33623
Popondetta  543 28198
Madang  659 27419
Mendi  900 26252
Kimbe  178 18847
Goroka  708 18503
Kavieng  318 14490
Kundiawa  754 9383
Rabaul  130 8074
Gizo  644 6154
Lorengau  612 5806
Kerema  713 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.95
Azimuthal gap 114.28 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 05:01:48.47 1.45 227.56 6.11 Automatic
IU TARA P 05:05:13.77 0.4 73.12 22.19 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:05:13.67 -0.84 227.56 22.35 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:07:08.42 0.54 239.91 34.83 Automatic
IU CHTO P 05:10:04.94 0.11 296.39 57.3 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:11:03.27 0.67 328.92 66.01 Automatic
G CCD P 05:11:36.60 -1.57 187.4 71.68 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:12:27.4 -0.61 319.35 80.3 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:12:39.97 -0.5 21.85 82.81 Automatic
II KURK P 05:12:43.67 -1.23 322.43 83.59 Automatic
II AAK P 05:12:48.87 0.04 313.86 84.3 Automatic
IU RSSD P 05:14:20.72 1.54 45.79 103.89 Automatic