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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2020/10/04 02:30
Universal datetime 2020/10/03 16:30
Latitude -7.07 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 149.97 ° ± 4 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  404 283733
Lae  331 76255
Arawa  626 40266
Mt. Hagen  650 33623
Popondetta  266 28198
Madang  506 27419
Mendi  706 26252
Kimbe  170 18847
Goroka  518 18503
Kavieng  506 14490
Kundiawa  566 9383
Rabaul  399 8074
Gizo  766 6154
Lorengau  632 5806
Kerema  465 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.47
Azimuthal gap 62.39 °
Number of stations used 32
Number of phases used 32

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:31:04.87 2.18 229.81 3.63 Automatic
IU HNR P 16:32:36.12 3.59 104.15 10.16 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:33:19.2 1.7 195.09 13.5 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:34:36.62 -0.87 228.11 19.86 Automatic
IU GUMO P 16:34:53.82 1.91 346.23 21.27 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:35:24.19 -1.1 70.66 24.41 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:36:10.2 -0.04 113.93 29.38 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:36:19.37 2.59 272.2 30.11 Automatic
II TAU P 16:37:04.17 -1.49 183.3 35.91 Automatic
IU AFI P 16:37:26.27 -0.36 103.54 38.18 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:37:42.2 2.17 225.08 39.85 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:38:19.12 -1.18 346.61 44.99 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:38:56.87 0.44 335.61 49.6 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:39:49.57 0.38 298.13 56.55 Automatic
IU KIP P 16:40:03.9 0.72 59.46 58.43 Automatic
IU POHA P 16:40:13.92 0.88 62.27 59.95 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:40:44.32 -2.41 196.36 65.1 Automatic
IU ADK P 16:40:49.54 0.94 21.9 65.49 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:40:56.27 -0.07 330.16 66.65 Automatic
G CCD P 16:41:14.10 -1.82 187.06 69.7 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:41:21.27 -0.94 350.09 70.87 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:41:24.74 -1.08 176.32 71.31 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:41:53.2 0.22 6.27 76.04 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:42:14.17 1.05 27.19 79.6 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:42:17.94 -0.52 319.96 80.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:42:28.77 -2.29 180.01 82.85 Automatic
II NIL P 16:42:31.12 -0.98 305.3 83 Automatic
II KURK P 16:42:35.62 -0.7 322.89 83.93 Automatic
II AAK P 16:42:38.2 -0.33 314.3 84.28 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:42:39.79 -2.09 22.14 85.11 Automatic
II PFO P 16:43:38.69 0.61 56.85 96.88 Automatic
II ALE P 16:44:05.57 -1.11 4.11 103.39 Automatic