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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2021/05/21 05:18
Universal datetime 2021/05/20 18:18
Latitude -9.93 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 161.88 ° ± 9 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  1613 283733
Nouméa  1448 93060
Lae  1678 76255
Honiara  219 56298
Arawa  808 40266
Port Vila  1108 35901
Tarawa  1754 28802
Popondetta  1503 28198
Kimbe  1383 18847
Kavieng  1470 14490
Luganville  843 13397
Rabaul  1248 8074
Gizo  591 6154
Lorengau  1837 5806
Kerema  1778 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.44
Azimuthal gap 178.28 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:19:26.44 2.07 284.41 1.97 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:24:43.9 -2.25 246.16 28.36 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:29:37.42 -0.31 200.1 66.08 Automatic
G CCD P 18:29:54.90 1.17 189.91 68.61 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:30:33.52 -0.22 325.47 75.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:30:38.22 0.21 345.09 76.2 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:30:49.92 1.5 1.74 78.07 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:31:01.62 1.23 180.02 80 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:31:50.87 -1.43 317.63 90.44 Automatic
II KURK P 18:32:04.22 -1.98 320.95 93.46 Automatic