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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2021/08/28 21:27
Universal datetime 2021/08/28 12:27
Latitude -3.53 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 140.07 ° ± 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
Jayapura  131 134895
Sorong  1021 125535
Lae  845 76255
Manokwari  730 53190
Nabire  507 43898
Mt. Hagen  527 33623
Madang  661 27419
Mendi  490 26252
Goroka  653 18503
Wewak  396 18230
Daru  709 15214
Vanimo  166 11204
Kundiawa  608 9383
Lorengau  818 5806
Kerema  802 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.42
Azimuthal gap 46.88 °
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 31

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 12:31:22.67 -2.2 198.31 17.32 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:31:29.9 0.51 160.48 17.62 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:32:03.34 2.91 265.1 20.32 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:33:00.49 -0.62 226.61 26.49 Automatic
IU NWAO P 12:34:26.87 -0.22 213.35 36.33 Automatic
II MSVF P 12:34:59.12 1.61 113.75 39.82 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:34:56.17 -1.95 357.67 40.12 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:35:21.92 1.08 344.26 42.87 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:35:48.59 -0.52 300.44 46.23 Automatic
IU SNZO P 12:36:08.67 -0.45 145.48 48.89 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:36:19.75 -1.05 2.38 50.55 Automatic
IU PET P 12:37:20.37 0.3 12.96 58.68 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:37:22.42 0.16 334.74 58.95 Automatic
G DRV P 12:37:49.50 -1.3 180.03 63.13 Automatic
II TLY P 12:37:52.12 0.39 335.66 63.28 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:37:53.32 -0.65 6.02 63.67 Automatic
IU KIP P 12:38:07.69 0.08 64.51 65.49 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:38:08.82 -0.69 354.69 66.05 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:38:11.62 1.49 192.53 66.06 Automatic
IU ADK P 12:38:11.49 -0.74 27.48 66.4 Automatic
IU POHA P 12:38:21.2 1.38 66.87 67.35 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:38:43.62 -1.2 322.23 71.57 Automatic
G CCD P 12:38:48.5 -0.49 184.47 72.23 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:38:58.77 0.57 9.95 73.93 Automatic
II KURK P 12:39:04.99 -1.6 324.89 75.27 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:39:08.89 0.26 174.4 75.64 Automatic
II KDAK P 12:39:42.64 3.17 29.86 81.21 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:40:00.72 -1.87 23.9 85.72 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:40:05.52 -0.67 179.99 86.4 Automatic
II RAYN P 12:40:53.52 3.47 293.31 95.59 Automatic
II ALE P 12:41:10.2 -1.17 2.9 100.46 Automatic