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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2021/05/12 01:27
Universal datetime 2021/05/11 15:27
Latitude -5.26 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 150.80 ° ± 5 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  611 283733
Lae  451 76255
Arawa  539 40266
Mt. Hagen  732 33623
Popondetta  479 28198
Madang  555 27419
Mendi  798 26252
Kimbe  79 18847
Goroka  606 18503
Kavieng  297 14490
Kundiawa  652 9383
Rabaul  190 8074
Gizo  738 6154
Lorengau  529 5806
Kerema  622 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.34
Azimuthal gap 61.3 °
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 15:29:53.22 5.39 115.23 9.99 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:31:06.49 4.95 196.19 15.47 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:31:59.27 6.06 342.72 19.75 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:32:15.92 0.94 226.01 21.7 Automatic
IU TARA P 15:32:29.94 -0.21 73.92 23.07 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:34:08.19 -0.36 239.26 34.05 Automatic
II TAU P 15:34:38.82 -0.28 184.16 37.77 Automatic
IU NWAO P 15:35:11.64 -1.23 224.2 41.72 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:35:25.62 -0.01 345.24 43.44 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:36:06.92 2.59 334.2 48.31 Automatic
II COCO P 15:36:48.19 1.34 258.73 53.7 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:37:06.89 0.64 296.72 56.45 Automatic
IU POHA P 15:37:19.99 0.05 62.91 58.39 Automatic
G DRV P 15:37:40.70 -1.93 184.83 61.85 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:37:59.82 -2.02 359.99 64.84 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:38:08.2 1.27 329.35 65.51 Automatic
IU CASY P 15:38:14.72 -2.31 196.4 67.06 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:38:28.72 -1.22 349.59 69.23 Automatic
G CCD P 15:38:43.40 -1.73 187.18 71.6 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:38:52.64 -1.32 176.53 73.07 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:38:57.32 -2.35 6.02 74.15 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:39:31.64 -0.03 319.55 79.67 Automatic
II KURK P 15:39:48.69 -0.59 322.6 82.99 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:39:46.52 -3.03 22.04 83.13 Automatic
II AAK P 15:39:52.42 -0.31 314.01 83.61 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:39:55.32 -2.61 180.01 84.66 Automatic
II PFO P 15:40:46.57 -1.67 56.65 95.2 Automatic