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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2020/11/17 09:45
Universal datetime 2020/11/16 22:45
Latitude -6.85 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 155.67 ° ± 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  978 283733
Lae  960 76255
Honiara  551 56298
Arawa  70 40266
Mt. Hagen  1272 33623
Popondetta  845 28198
Madang  1109 27419
Kimbe  628 18847
Goroka  1141 18503
Kavieng  717 14490
Kundiawa  1188 9383
Rabaul  488 8074
Gizo  188 6154
Lorengau  1073 5806
Kerema  1092 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.64
Azimuthal gap 44.23 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 22:46:37.82 3.42 121.69 4.96 Automatic
IU PMG P 22:47:31.82 4.56 252.58 8.8 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:49:07.4 1.62 213.69 16.08 Automatic
IU TARA P 22:49:45.12 2.61 65.13 19.07 Automatic
IU FUNA P 22:50:29.32 0.39 95.64 23.37 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:50:36.77 -1.6 118.57 24.39 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:50:38.7 -0.82 235.59 24.46 Automatic
IU RAO P 22:51:57.29 -1.43 135.28 33.46 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:52:19.9 -0.34 270.93 35.77 Automatic
II TAU P 22:52:27.7 0.46 190.23 36.8 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:52:33.9 -1.34 243.89 37.56 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:53:45.12 0.36 340.55 46.39 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:54:28.87 1.13 330.71 51.96 Automatic
IU YSS P 22:54:51.15 1.39 349.27 55.02 Automatic
G DRV P 22:55:29.5 -1.97 187.04 60.77 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:55:36.49 -0.52 295.78 61.5 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:56:27.27 0.19 327.47 69.4 Automatic
G CCD P 22:56:33.40 -1.88 188.38 70.68 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:56:37.87 -0.76 177.55 71.23 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:56:42.7 1.1 347.5 71.75 Automatic
II TLY P 22:56:51.52 0.06 329.34 73.43 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:57:01.12 -0.79 4.14 75.31 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:57:41.17 -2.34 20.9 82.83 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:57:49.49 -0.85 318.66 84.04 Automatic
II KURK P 22:58:04.74 -1.34 321.84 87.22 Automatic
II NIL P 22:58:06.67 -1.44 304.32 87.53 Automatic
II AAK P 22:58:11.27 0.16 313.34 88.21 Automatic