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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2021/03/18 04:55
Universal datetime 2021/03/17 18:55
Latitude -9.32 ° ± 28 km
Longitude 153.67 ° ± 36 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  712 283733
Lae  790 76255
Honiara  689 56298
Arawa  401 40266
Mt. Hagen  1111 33623
Popondetta  600 28198
Madang  982 27419
Kimbe  571 18847
Goroka  982 18503
Kavieng  810 14490
Kundiawa  1028 9383
Rabaul  590 8074
Gizo  373 6154
Lorengau  1073 5806
Kerema  876 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.36
Azimuthal gap 233.36 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 19:00:33.42 -0.46 238.21 21.46 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:06:45.72 -3.21 358.42 68.94 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:06:59.12 0.22 328.84 70.45 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:07:17.57 -0.69 348.54 73.75 Automatic
II TLY P 19:07:24.62 1.12 330.47 74.58 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:07:42.52 0.4 4.85 77.92 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:08:09.52 1.98 352.34 82.62 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:08:14.77 -3.78 319.25 84.6 Automatic
II KURK P 19:08:39.37 4.42 322.26 87.95 Automatic