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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2023/01/23 07:13
Universal datetime 2023/01/22 20:13
Latitude -7.16 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 155.97 ° ± 9 km
Depth 117 km (from location) ± 14 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1000 283733
Lae  993 76255
Honiara  506 56298
Arawa  113 40266
Mt. Hagen  1308 33623
Popondetta  870 28198
Madang  1147 27419
Kimbe  669 18847
Goroka  1176 18503
Kavieng  764 14490
Kundiawa  1224 9383
Rabaul  535 8074
Gizo  141 6154
Lorengau  1118 5806
Kerema  1121 5646

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.73
Azimuthal gap 114.22 °
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 PMG P 20:15:50.72 0.04 254.96 9 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:18:46.79 -0.53 118.25 23.98 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:18:51.87 -0.38 236.48 24.54 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:22:42.82 0.5 330.59 52.37 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:24:40.52 0.02 327.4 69.82 Automatic
G CCD P 20:24:45.35 0.85 188.47 70.42 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:24:55.52 1.61 347.39 72.12 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:25:13.89 -0.29 4.02 75.59 Automatic
IU QSPA P 20:25:54.72 0.36 180.01 82.77 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:26:02.14 -0.74 318.62 84.47 Automatic
II KURK P 20:26:17.12 -1.29 321.81 87.65 Automatic
II AAK P 20:26:23.22 -0.16 313.3 88.64 Automatic