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Type Event
Magnitude 6 Mwp
Local datetime 2021/10/15 13:44
Universal datetime 2021/10/15 02:44
Latitude -8.90 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 158.39 ° ± 3 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  1232 283733
Lae  1280 76255
Honiara  182 56298
Arawa  429 40266
Port Vila  1452 35901
Popondetta  1116 28198
Madang  1450 27419
Kimbe  983 18847
Goroka  1469 18503
Kavieng  1092 14490
Luganville  1204 13397
Rabaul  864 8074
Gizo  193 6154
Lorengau  1446 5806
Kerema  1386 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.74
Azimuthal gap 60.98 °
Number of stations used 49
Number of phases used 49

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 02:45:23.57 -2.71 109.54 1.63 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:48:45.87 0.64 225.02 16.21 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:49:05.89 1.24 55.41 17.74 Automatic
IU FUNA P 02:49:35.49 -1.47 90.57 20.57 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:49:41.72 -0.29 116.87 21.06 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:50:26.89 -1.37 241.94 25.71 Automatic
IU WAKE P 02:51:01.99 2.64 16.07 29.33 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:51:02.9 -1.73 102.52 29.65 Automatic
II TAU P 02:51:55.47 3.1 194.06 35.37 Automatic
IU DAV P 02:52:04.67 2.47 294.99 36.39 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:52:20.94 0.17 273.13 38.53 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:52:24.87 -1.09 247.28 39.17 Automatic
IU JOHN P 02:52:41.32 2.69 51.13 40.79 Automatic
IU RAR P 02:52:49.14 -0.95 111.91 42.08 Automatic
IU MIDW P 02:53:05.2 1.92 31.46 43.89 Automatic
IU NWAO P 02:53:12.82 0.49 231.5 44.89 Automatic
IU XMAS P 02:53:17.29 0.87 78.15 45.35 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:53:43.12 -1.64 338.53 49.24 Automatic
IU TATO P 02:53:47.82 1.07 314.2 49.39 Automatic
IU KIP P 02:54:11.32 1.21 54.08 52.44 Automatic
II ERM P 02:54:13.97 2.68 345.81 52.79 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:54:19.7 -0.1 57.32 53.65 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:54:27.77 -0.71 329.37 55.08 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:54:44.80 -0.97 347.42 57.56 Automatic
G DRV P 02:54:55.60 -1.94 188.37 59.11 Automatic
II COCO P 02:55:10.62 2.07 260.97 60.49 Automatic
IU PET P 02:55:13.92 -1.82 0.18 61.92 Automatic
IU ADK P 02:55:32.12 -0.62 16.76 64.45 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:55:35.57 -1.31 295.74 64.82 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:55:42.82 -0.52 199.07 65.9 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:55:58.7 -2.06 355.87 68.74 Automatic
G CCD P 02:56:02.45 -0.89 189.1 69.07 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:56:03.42 0 178.12 69.09 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:56:23.27 -0.97 326.7 72.58 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:56:32.32 -1.85 346.47 74.35 Automatic
II TLY P 02:56:46.22 -1.22 328.63 76.57 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:56:48.37 -1.95 3.08 77.18 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:56:54.12 1.01 24.34 77.61 Automatic
II PALK P 02:57:03.17 0.11 279.25 79.08 Automatic
G PAF P 02:57:22.50 3.65 221.1 82.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:57:23.34 -2.9 20.15 83.8 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:57:43.42 -1.2 318.24 87.36 Automatic
II RPN P 02:57:50.2 1.28 117.14 87.96 Automatic
II KURK P 02:57:56.39 -2.94 321.45 90.49 Automatic
II PFO P 02:58:02.34 0.46 56.09 90.92 Automatic
II AAK P 02:58:03.37 -1.26 312.97 91.57 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:58:24.74 2.05 58.09 95.43 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:58:43.32 3.41 55.81 99.28 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:58:50.99 1.21 46.59 101.6 Automatic