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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/09/07 01:57
Universal datetime 2020/09/06 15:57
Latitude -5.53 ° ± 10 km
Longitude 152.91 ° ± 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  766 283733
Lae  669 76255
Honiara  889 56298
Arawa  304 40266
Mt. Hagen  964 33623
Popondetta  627 28198
Madang  791 27419
Kimbe  307 18847
Goroka  836 18503
Kavieng  401 14490
Kundiawa  882 9383
Rabaul  170 8074
Gizo  518 6154
Lorengau  736 5806
Kerema  826 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.77
Azimuthal gap 208.14 °
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 15:58:47.87 0.93 235.49 6.89 Automatic
IU GUMO P 16:01:46.54 1.03 337.4 20.72 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:02:11.54 0.09 229.73 23.08 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:07:00.74 -1.39 296.08 58.46 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:07:57.62 0.67 328.42 66.83 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:08:16.17 0.45 348.64 69.89 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:08:42.47 0.78 5.21 74.22 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:09:21.17 -0.68 319.12 81.24 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:09:28.42 0 21.59 82.59 Automatic
II KURK P 16:09:37.82 -0.83 322.24 84.49 Automatic
II NIL P 16:09:38.42 -0.92 304.65 84.52 Automatic
II AAK P 16:09:42.92 -0.14 313.69 85.31 Automatic