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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2023/01/04 21:16
Universal datetime 2023/01/04 12:16
Latitude -2.43 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 140.98 ° ± 15 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  1038 283733
Jayapura  33 134895
Lae  819 76255
Manokwari  788 53190
Nabire  616 43898
Mt. Hagen  523 33623
Madang  617 27419
Mendi  506 26252
Goroka  634 18503
Wewak  320 18230
Daru  780 15214
Vanimo  46 11204
Kundiawa  594 9383
Lorengau  702 5806
Kerema  812 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.26
Azimuthal gap 156.18 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II WRAB P 12:21:14.47 -0.99 199.8 18.66 Automatic
IU NWAO P 12:24:16.34 2.74 213.5 37.75 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:26:52.72 0.1 333.91 58.35 Automatic
G DRV P 12:27:32.35 -0.2 180.43 64.24 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:27:38.47 0.97 354.18 65.04 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:28:15.67 -1.83 321.72 71.26 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:28:26.29 0.9 9.69 72.69 Automatic
G CCD P 12:28:29.10 -0.84 184.67 73.4 Automatic
II AAK P 12:28:39.7 1.14 315.62 74.66 Automatic
II KURK P 12:28:37.19 -1.78 324.48 74.89 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:29:30.37 0.16 23.82 84.34 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:29:45.62 -0.37 180 87.5 Automatic