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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2022/02/20 10:18
Universal datetime 2022/02/19 23:18
Latitude -6.16 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 154.85 ° ± 11 km
Depth 116 km (from location) ± 16 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  921 283733
Lae  872 76255
Honiara  669 56298
Arawa  79 40266
Mt. Hagen  1178 33623
Popondetta  784 28198
Madang  1010 27419
Kimbe  526 18847
Goroka  1048 18503
Kavieng  598 14490
Kundiawa  1095 9383
Rabaul  370 8074
Gizo  307 6154
Lorengau  957 5806
Kerema  1015 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 118.91 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 23:19:47.54 -0.16 123.37 6.02 Automatic
II WRAB P 23:23:27.24 0.42 233.39 24.21 Automatic
IU CHTO P 23:28:19.42 0.59 295.72 60.47 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:29:09.12 -0.15 327.68 68.38 Automatic
IU YAK P 23:29:24.67 0.39 347.81 70.9 Automatic
G CCD P 23:29:27.70 0.51 188.16 71.25 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:29:45.52 -1.09 4.47 74.67 Automatic
IU TIXI P 23:30:18.7 3.54 351.93 79.64 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:30:31.27 -1.75 318.77 82.98 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:30:36.77 -0.38 180.01 83.77 Automatic
II KURK P 23:30:47.94 -1.04 321.95 86.17 Automatic
II AAK P 23:30:53.12 -0.88 313.44 87.14 Automatic