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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2023/05/22 04:53
Universal datetime 2023/05/21 18:53
Latitude -5.81 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 147.48 ° ± 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  406 283733
Lae  116 76255
Mt. Hagen  361 33623
Popondetta  339 28198
Madang  198 27419
Mendi  426 26252
Kimbe  296 18847
Goroka  234 18503
Wewak  494 18230
Daru  594 15214
Kavieng  514 14490
Kundiawa  280 9383
Rabaul  547 8074
Lorengau  418 5806
Kerema  296 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.55
Azimuthal gap 83.7 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:54:08.47 -0.55 185 3.61 Automatic
IU HNR P 18:56:17.59 1.12 107.15 12.88 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:56:39.72 4.52 184.65 14.33 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:57:34.12 -0.81 220.87 19.03 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:59:31.79 1.35 237.59 30.95 Automatic
II MSVF P 18:59:39.87 -1.34 114.45 32.15 Automatic
IU NWAO P 19:00:39.22 -0.63 222.12 39.07 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:01:14.2 1.13 349.1 43.23 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:01:48.92 2.36 337.45 47.45 Automatic
IU PET P 19:03:16.82 1.34 7.77 59.59 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:03:48.72 0.69 331.14 64.34 Automatic
IU ADK P 19:03:54.64 0.65 23.45 65.27 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:03:54.92 0.23 1.83 65.43 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:03:54.67 -2.2 195.39 65.64 Automatic
II TLY P 19:04:16.49 1.42 332.52 68.56 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:04:18.57 -0.21 351.18 69.21 Automatic
G CCD P 19:04:26.35 -2.16 186.4 70.67 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:04:40.79 -0.3 175.83 72.75 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:04:53.89 -0.11 7.22 75.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:05:09.84 -1.36 320.44 77.96 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:05:11.42 -1.47 354.11 78.4 Automatic
II KURK P 19:05:28.79 -1.26 323.33 81.44 Automatic
II AAK P 19:05:30.82 -0.51 314.68 81.63 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:05:45.62 -1.9 22.66 84.88 Automatic