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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2021/05/16 17:28
Universal datetime 2021/05/16 07:28
Latitude -5.35 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 151.77 ° ± 11 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  680 283733
Lae  551 76255
Arawa  431 40266
Mt. Hagen  839 33623
Popondetta  542 28198
Madang  664 27419
Mendi  904 26252
Kimbe  182 18847
Goroka  712 18503
Kavieng  325 14490
Kundiawa  758 9383
Rabaul  134 8074
Gizo  637 6154
Lorengau  620 5806
Kerema  715 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap 134.21 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 07:33:48.52 0.32 227.73 22.35 Automatic
IU CHTO P 07:38:39.84 0.86 296.4 57.36 Automatic
IU ULN P 07:39:37.32 0.58 328.91 66.08 Automatic
G CCD P 07:40:11.60 0 187.42 71.63 Automatic
IU BILL P 07:40:26.77 0.91 5.65 74.14 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 07:41:00.77 -0.96 319.34 80.37 Automatic
IU COLA P 07:41:13.82 -0.51 21.84 82.85 Automatic
II KURK P 07:41:17.67 -1.29 322.43 83.66 Automatic
II AAK P 07:41:22.62 -0.26 313.86 84.37 Automatic
IU QSPA P 07:41:23.42 -0.31 180.01 84.58 Automatic
IU RSSD P 07:42:53.54 0.65 45.8 103.9 Automatic