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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2021/05/16 06:13
Universal datetime 2021/05/15 20:13
Latitude -4.62 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 153.10 ° ± 8 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  844 283733
Lae  716 76255
Honiara  925 56298
Arawa  326 40266
Mt. Hagen  994 33623
Popondetta  705 28198
Madang  814 27419
Kimbe  343 18847
Goroka  870 18503
Kavieng  340 14490
Kundiawa  915 9383
Rabaul  116 8074
Gizo  565 6154
Lorengau  707 5806
Kerema  883 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 120.53 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 20:15:22.62 1.13 125.7 8.33 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:18:35.59 1.98 228.41 23.82 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:22:06.2 1.46 331.94 48.77 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:23:14.94 -0.49 295.51 58.23 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:23:54.82 0.45 358.69 64.22 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:24:08.52 1.01 328.13 66.15 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:24:25.67 0.35 348.49 69.04 Automatic
II TLY P 20:24:33.52 0.46 329.95 70.21 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:24:50.62 -0.54 5.17 73.29 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:25:32.82 -0.91 318.98 80.68 Automatic
II KURK P 20:25:49.7 -1.4 322.15 83.89 Automatic
II AAK P 20:25:54.92 -0.56 313.61 84.82 Automatic
IU QSPA P 20:25:54.72 -2.95 180.01 85.31 Automatic