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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2023/01/01 14:16
Universal datetime 2023/01/01 03:16
Latitude -6.12 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.55 ° ± 6 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  892 283733
Lae  839 76255
Honiara  700 56298
Arawa  113 40266
Mt. Hagen  1144 33623
Popondetta  755 28198
Madang  976 27419
Kimbe  492 18847
Goroka  1015 18503
Kavieng  570 14490
Kundiawa  1062 9383
Rabaul  340 8074
Gizo  334 6154
Lorengau  925 5806
Kerema  983 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.83
Azimuthal gap 87.01 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 03:17:48.89 1.59 122.19 6.29 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:19:59.37 -1.16 209.2 16.13 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:21:29.2 -0.06 232.95 23.99 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:23:23.64 0.27 242.49 36.9 Automatic
IU PET P 03:26:15.47 1.2 2.87 59.24 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:26:58.22 0.2 357.9 65.76 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:27:15.82 1.73 327.81 68.18 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:27:30.97 1.18 347.94 70.79 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:27:51.97 -0.81 4.58 74.66 Automatic
II PALK P 03:27:57.44 1.31 279.26 74.88 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:28:33.14 -3.51 21.19 82.54 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:28:37.97 -0.36 318.83 82.75 Automatic
II KURK P 03:28:54.14 -0.36 322 85.95 Automatic
II PFO P 03:29:22.14 -4.12 56.46 92.55 Automatic
IU ANMO P 03:30:06.22 2.91 55.53 100.86 Automatic