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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2023/01/02 04:24
Universal datetime 2023/01/01 18:24
Latitude -2.43 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 141.07 ° ± 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
Port Moresby  1032 283733
Jayapura  43 134895
Lae  811 76255
Manokwari  798 53190
Nabire  626 43898
Mt. Hagen  516 33623
Madang  608 27419
Mendi  501 26252
Goroka  627 18503
Wewak  311 18230
Daru  777 15214
Vanimo  39 11204
Kundiawa  587 9383
Lorengau  692 5806
Kerema  806 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.09
Azimuthal gap 53.1 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU DAV P 18:28:44.22 -0.28 301.67 18.15 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:28:50.19 3.94 164.38 18.37 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:28:45.87 -4.13 200.05 18.69 Automatic
IU HNR P 18:29:07.17 1.36 111.28 20.03 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:29:20.92 -0.2 262.45 21.43 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:30:24.87 1.79 226.34 27.97 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:31:50.24 2.03 213.59 37.8 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:32:00.82 2.74 356.35 39.07 Automatic
IU INCN P 18:32:26.82 3.57 342.82 42.1 Automatic
IU YSS P 18:33:21.30 0.44 1.52 49.41 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:34:25.37 -1.7 333.85 58.39 Automatic
IU KIP P 18:35:05.37 -1.96 64.73 64.11 Automatic
G DRV P 18:35:05.0 -1.74 180.47 64.24 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:35:10.82 -0.91 354.14 65.04 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:35:48.74 -3.27 321.69 71.32 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:35:58.69 -0.77 9.66 72.67 Automatic
G CCD P 18:36:02.65 -1.52 184.69 73.41 Automatic
II AAK P 18:36:14.37 1.89 315.59 74.72 Automatic
II KURK P 18:36:10.57 -2.88 324.46 74.94 Automatic
II KDAK P 18:36:42.14 1.78 29.75 79.75 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:37:03.22 -0.97 23.81 84.3 Automatic
G RER P 18:37:09.45 1.56 248.95 84.77 Automatic
II UOSS P 18:37:17.42 1.75 295.19 86.38 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:37:18.57 -1.6 180 87.5 Automatic
IU COR P 18:37:57.42 -1.38 45.42 95.71 Automatic
II RAYN P 18:38:02.79 1.88 293.4 96.07 Automatic
II ALE P 18:38:12.87 -1.43 3.01 99.3 Automatic